Aldo Leopold
American conservationist (1887–1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold more than two million copies.[1]
Aldo Leopold | |
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Born | (1887-01-11)January 11, 1887 Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | April 21, 1948(1948-04-21) (aged 61) Baraboo, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Resting place | Aspen Grove Cemetery Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
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Education | Yale University |
Subject | Conservation, land ethic, land health, ecological conscience |
Notable works | A Sand County Almanac |
Spouse | Estella Leopold |
Children | A. Starker Leopold, Luna B. Leopold, Nina Leopold Bradley, A. Carl Leopold, Estella Leopold |
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Leopold was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His ethics of nature and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement, with his ecocentric or holistic ethics regarding land.[2] He emphasized biodiversity and ecology and was a founder of the science of wildlife management.[3]