Literary Library

Janisse Ray

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1962 - American writer, naturalist, environmental activist and professorAuthor of "Ecology of a Cracker Childhood" (for which she won ...
Activist American Book Award Environment Environmentalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Professor Southern Southern Book Critics Circle Award Southern Environmental Award Teach Teacher Writer

Derrick Jensen

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1960 - American author and environmentalistAuthor of "A Language Other Than Words", "The Culture of Make Believe" and "Endgame"
Author Environment Environmentalist Natural World Nature

Bill McKibben

by Angela Beck
December 8, 1960 - American environment, author, journalist and academicAuthor of "The End of Nature", "Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlike...
Academic Author Environment Environmentalist Guggenheim Journalism Journalist Natural World Naturalist Nature Sierra Club

Jackie French

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1953 - Australian author of children's and adult fiction as well as books on gardening, ecology and wildllifeAuthor of over 140 books...
Author Children's Book Author Ecology Garden Gardening Natural World Nature Wildlife

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon

by Angela Beck
September 7, 1707 - April 16, 1788French naturalist, mathematician and cosmologistPublished the 36 volume edition of "Histoire Naturelle" Became t...
Comte Cosmologist Cosmology Count France French Math Mathematician Mathematics Natural World Naturalist

Adolph Murie

by Angela Beck
September 6, 1899 - August 16, 1974American naturalist, author and wildlife biologistAuthor of "The Wolves of Mount McKinley", "A Naturalist of Al...
Alaska Author Biologist Mount McKinley Natural World Naturalist Nature Wildlife

William Freudenburg

by Angela Beck
November 2, 1951 - December 28, 2010American environmental sociologist, social theorist and writerAuthor of "Oil in Troubled Waters: Perceptions, P...
Environment Environmentalist Hurricane Katrina Natural World Nature Sociologist Sociology