List of environmental contributors
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This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness. | This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness. | ||
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| - | * [[Ansel Adams]] | + | * [[Ansel Adams]] - ''(1902-1984)'' - photographer |
| - | * [[ | + | * [[Benjamin Franklin]] - ''(1706-1790)'' - fought against water pollution |
| - | * [[Gifford Pinchot]] | + | * [[John James Audubon]] - ''(1785-1851)'' - painter |
| - | * [[Theodore Roosevelt]] | + | * [[George Perkins March]] - ''(1801-1882)'' - farmer, linguist |
| - | * [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] | + | * [[Gifford Pinchot]] - ''(1865-1946)'' - 1st head of US Forest Service |
| - | * [[John Muir]] - ''(1838-1914)'' | + | * [[George Washington Carver]] - ''(1865-1943)'' - renewable bioenergy systems |
| - | * [[Aldo Leopold]] - ''(1886-1948)'' | + | * [[Theodore Roosevelt]] - ''(1858-1919)'' - US president |
| - | * [[Wallace Stegner]] - ''(1909-1993)'' | + | * [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] - ''(1882-1945)'' - US president |
| - | * [[Rachel Carson]] - ''(1907-1964)'' | + | * [[John Muir]] - ''(1838-1914)'' - conservationist, founded Sierra Club |
| - | * [[Paul Ehrlich]] | + | * [[Aldo Leopold]] - ''(1886-1948)'' - biologist |
| - | * [[Denis Hayes]] | + | * [[Wallace Stegner]] - ''(1909-1993)'' - writer |
| - | * [[Gaylord | + | * [[Rachel Carson]] - ''(1907-1964)'' - writer |
| - | + | * [[Paul Ehrlich]] - ''(1854-1915)'' - writer | |
| + | * [[Denis Hayes]] - ''(1944- )'' - founded Earth Day | ||
| + | * [[Gaylord Nelson]] - ''(1916-2005)'' - senator, founded Earth Day | ||
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Current revision as of 03:58, 30 January 2006
This is a list of persons vital in some way of making a contribution toward the protection of the environment. Some where active in conservation, others where active in creating public awareness.
- Ansel Adams - (1902-1984) - photographer
- Benjamin Franklin - (1706-1790) - fought against water pollution
- John James Audubon - (1785-1851) - painter
- George Perkins March - (1801-1882) - farmer, linguist
- Gifford Pinchot - (1865-1946) - 1st head of US Forest Service
- George Washington Carver - (1865-1943) - renewable bioenergy systems
- Theodore Roosevelt - (1858-1919) - US president
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt - (1882-1945) - US president
- John Muir - (1838-1914) - conservationist, founded Sierra Club
- Aldo Leopold - (1886-1948) - biologist
- Wallace Stegner - (1909-1993) - writer
- Rachel Carson - (1907-1964) - writer
- Paul Ehrlich - (1854-1915) - writer
- Denis Hayes - (1944- ) - founded Earth Day
- Gaylord Nelson - (1916-2005) - senator, founded Earth Day
