Books/Writings
John Burroughs
1837 – 1921
American

Naturalist and writer. He settled in a rustic cabin to study the natural world and write about life in the country. His work had an immense impact in the 19th century and encouraged an almost mystical appreciation of nature which contributed to the birth of the modern environmental movement.

Contemporaries
1817–1862Henry David Thoreau
1902–1987Carl Rogers
1809–1865Abraham Lincoln
1842–1910William James
1859–1952John Dewey
1897–1980Dorothy Day
1857–1938Clarence Darrow
1907–1964Rachel Carson
1835–1919Andrew Carnegie
1821–1912Clara Barton
1820–1906Susan B. Anthony
1860–1935Jane Addams