Aldo Leopold
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.
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Leopold in 1946 | |
| Born | January 11, 1887 Burlington, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 1948 (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. He emphasized biodiversity and ecology and was a founder of the science of wildlife management.
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