Aldo Leopold
Environmentalist, Author
1887 – 1948
Who was Aldo Leopold?
Aldo Leopold was an American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac, which has sold more than two million copies.
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. He emphasized biodiversity and ecology and was a founder of the science of wildlife management.
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- Born
- Jan 11, 1887
Burlington - Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lawrenceville School
- Sheffield Scientific School
- Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Madison
- Burlington
- Died
- Apr 21, 1948
Baraboo
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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