Sigurd F. Olson
American writer, environmentalist and advocate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sigurd Ferdinand Olson (April 4, 1899 – January 13, 1982) was an American writer, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. For more than thirty years, he served as a wilderness guide in the lakes and forests of the Quetico-Superior country of northern Minnesota and northwestern Ontario. He was known honorifically as the Bourgeois — a term the voyageurs of old used of their trusted leaders.
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Born | April 4, 1899 |
Died | January 13, 1982(1982-01-13) (aged 82) |
Alma mater | Northland College University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Illinois |
Occupation(s) | Teacher, nature writer, President of The Wilderness Society (1963–1971) |
Notable work | The Singing Wilderness |
Spouse | Elizabeth Dorothy Uhrenholdt |
Awards | John Burroughs Medal (1974) |
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