John Muir (/ mjʊər / MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks ", [2] was a Scottish-born American [3][4]: 42 …

December 25, 1914 OBITUARY John Muir, Aged Naturalist, Dead BY THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 24.--John Muir, the naturalist, died in a hospital here today of …

Nov 13, 2014 · John Muir died of double pneumonia at the California Hospital yesterday morning and until his death released the great soul few even knew that he was in Southern California.

Nov 12, 2025 · John Muir was a naturalist and conservation advocate who was largely responsible for the creation of Sequoia and Yosemite national parks. He was one of a group …

Feb 28, 2015 · Created in 1964, John Muir NHS preserves the home, landscapes, and grave site of conservationist and national park advocate John Muir. Muir spent his entire life exploring, …

John Muir, 1838-1914 Muir died of pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital in January, 1914. It was a unexpectedly prosaic end for a man who had repeatedly faced death on rocky crags and icy …

GREATEST AMERICAN NATURALIST, JOHN MUIR, DIES IN L A. Stricken with pneumonia while on the desert that he knew, and loved, and rushed with all speed to the California …

24th December 1914 Death of naturalist John Muir John Muir was born in Dunbar in 1838 and spent many childhood hours walking in the surrounding countryside with his grandfather. This …