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George Perkins Marsh | | Birth Date: |
March 15, 1801 | | Death Date: |
July 23, 1882 | | Place of Birth: |
Woodstock, Vermont, United States | | Place of Death: |
Vallombrosa, Italy | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
diplomat, philologist, conservationist, politician, lawyer |
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 Biography of George Perkins Marsh
140 words, approx. 1 pages
 George Perkins Marsh (15 March 1801-23 July 1882), philologist and miscellaneous writer, was born in Woodstock, Vermont. His cousin was James Marsh, the philosopher-president of the University of Vermont. Marsh graduated from Dartmouth College in 1820... summary from source:
Biography of George Perkins Marsh
4,437 words, approx. 15 pages
 George Perkins Marsh is known today primarily as the author of Man and Nature; or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (1864), one of the most original and farsighted books of the nineteenth century. In an era devoted to the limitless... summary from source:
Biography of George Perkins Marsh
1,796 words, approx. 6 pages
The writings of George Perkins Marsh encompass one of the broadest ranges of those of any scholar and public figure in nineteenth-century America. A lawyer, legislator, philologist, linguist, diplomat, and geographer, he produced works on topics as...
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 George Perkins Marsh Information
659 words, approx. 2 pages
George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801 – July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist. [1] The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont takes its name, in...
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 The Geographical Review George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation. (Geographical Reviews).(Book Review)
07/01/2002: 1,125 words, approx. 4 pages GEORGE PERKINS MARSH: Prophet of Conservation. By DAVID LOWENTHAL. xxv and 605 pp.; maps, ills., bibliog., index. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 0295979429; $26.95 (paper), ISBN 0295983159. This reworking and amplification of the life of George Perkins Marsh... summary from source:
Environmental History So Great a Vision: The Conservation Writings of George Perkins Marsh
07/01/2002: 609 words, approx. 2 pages So Great a Vision: The Conservation Writings of George Perkins Marsh. Edited by Stephen C. Trombulak. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2001. xviii + 228 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Cloth $50.00, paper $19.95. The contribution of George Perkins Marsh to environmental...
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