George Bird Grinnell

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:American_Museum_of_Natural_History
gptkb:New_York_Zoological_Society
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:National_Park_Service
gptkb:Sierra_Club
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Gold_Medal_from_the_National_Geographic_Society
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_Montana
gptkbp:born September 20, 1849
gptkbp:child George Grinnell Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Promotion of environmental awareness
Promotion of outdoor education
Promotion of the Lacey Act
Advocacy for sustainable land use practices
Advocacy for the protection of wildlife habitats
Promotion of scientific research in conservation
Support for conservation legislation.
Support for the establishment of wildlife refuges
Research_on_Native_American_cultures
Establishment_of_Glacier_National_Park
Founding_of_the_Audubon_Society
Promotion_of_the_National_Parks_movement
Research_on_the_American_bison
Advocacy_for_the_preservation_of_Yellowstone_National_Park
gptkbp:died April 11, 1938
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy Ethnography
Wildlife Conservation
gptkbp:hasWritten gptkb:Buffalo
gptkb:American_West
gptkb:Plains_Indians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label George Bird Grinnell
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau
gptkb:John_Burroughs
gptkb:Aldo_Leopold
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:John_Muir
gptkbp:knownFor Pioneering work in wildlife conservation
Advocacy_for_Native_American_rights
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Grinnell_Glacier
gptkb:Grinnell,_Iowa
gptkb:Grinnell_College
gptkbp:notableWork The_American_Indian
The_Story_of_the_Indian
gptkbp:occupation Anthropologist
Conservationist
Naturalist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Brooklyn,_New_York
gptkbp:placeOfDeath New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Grinnell