Benton MacKaye
Benton MacKaye (born March 6, 1879 in Stamford (Connecticut) , † December 11, 1975 ) was an American forest scientist and environmentalist . He was born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of actor Steele MacKaye . He studied forestry at Harvard University (BA, 1900; MA School of Forestry, 1905) and was employed there for some time as a lecturer and later worked at some state institutions such as the US Forest Service , the Tennessee Valley Authority and the US Department of Labor . He belonged to the Technical Alliance and participated in studies on energy supply.
He was married to Jessie Belle Hardy Stubbs MacKaye . MacKaye was an important pioneer in protecting American forests. He coined the word "geotechnics" and wrote two books on urban sprawl, such as The New Exploration: A Philosophy of Regional Planning and Expedition Nine: A Return to a Region . Various essays can be found in From Geography to Geotechnics . As co-founder of The Wilderness Society , he became famous as the inventor of the Appalachian Trail , which he proposed in 1921 after the death of his wife under the title An Appalachian Trail: A Project in Regional Planning . One section, the Benton MacKaye Trail, is named after him.
bibliography
- Anderson, Larry. 2002. Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail . Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7791-1 .
- Cevasco, GA and Richard P Harmond. 2009. Modern American Environmentalists: A Biographical Encyclopedia . Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9152-6 .
- Krueckeberg, Donald A. 1983. The American Planner: Biographies and Recollections . New York: Methuen. ISBN 0-416-33360-5 .
- Luxenberg, Larry. 1994. Walking the Appalachian Trail . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-585-26833-0 .
- Nash, Roderick . 1987. Wilderness and the American Mind . New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-02910-9 .
- Molloy, Johnny. 2002. Long Trails of the Southeast . Birmingham, Ala .: Menasha Ridge Press. ISBN 0-89732-530-3 .
- Ness, Erik. July / August 2003. " The Path Taken ". Preservation Magazine .
- Rubin, Robert A (ed). July 2000. " Trail Years: A History of the Appalachian Trail Conference ". Appalachian Trailway News .
- Sutter, Paul. October 1999. " Retreat from Profit": Colonization, the Appalachian Trail, and the social roots of Benton MacKaye's wilderness advocacy ". Environmental History .
- Sutter, Paul. 2002. Driven Wild: How the Fight against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement . Seattle: University of Washington press. ISBN 0-295-98219-5 .
Web links
- Web links of the trail
- Benton MacKaye at Findagrave.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anderson, p. 136
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacKaye, Benton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American forest scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stamford, Connecticut |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1975 |