Born in Scotland, then emigrating to America he was one of the most influential naturalist and conservationist of his time.
Through his writings as a wilderness explorer in a quest for nature's beauty, he taught the people of his time and ours the importance of experiencing and protecting our natural heritage.
Muir had once described himself, perhaps most accurately, as a "poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist etc. etc. !!!!"
