Explorer

Naturalist

Environmentalist

Inventor

Author

John Muir was born on April 21, 1838 in Dunbar Scotland. Until the age of eleven he attended local schools. In 1838 the Muir family emigrated to the U.S.

John Muir loved to observe nature and invent. John made the very first alarm clock that tipped up the bed and dropped the sleeping person on to the floor, and a thermometer that took your temperature from 4 to 5 feet away.

                   

        

John Muir loved to explore. He would spend hours exploring in the fields around his house. Muir founded Yosemite National Park, sequoia National Park, Mount Rainer, and the Grand Canyon National Park.

Muir also founded the Sierra Club which helps protect Yosemite against people who want to put up cities and dams. Muir was the president of the Sierra Club until December 24, 1914.

John Muir was a conservationist - A person who wanted to preserve wildlife and nature So we can see what we see today; for example the animals, Forrest, deserts and much more.

John Muir Trust; Scottish Charity no. SC 002061, Company no. 81620 Registered Office; © 2002-2006; http://www.jmt.org/

RESOURCES

John Muir Exhibit; Sierra Club; © 2006; http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/

John Muir; Wikipedia; ©2006; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir