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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1 1 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 1 1 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 1 1 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1 1 1 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Muir, John 1838- (search)
Muir, John 1838- Naturalist; born in Dunbar, Scotland, April 21, 1838; was educated in Scotland and at the University of John Muir Wisconsin. In 1879 he went to Alaska and located nearly seventy glaciers among the Sierra peaks where the leading geologists thought there were none. He spent twenty years in Alaska and discovered Glacier Bay and the great glacier to which his name has been given. He is the author of The Mountains of California, and of about 150 articles on the natural history of the Pacific coast, Alaska, etc., and editor of Picturesque California.