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George Perkins Marsh

1801–1882

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George Perkins Marsh was an American lawyer, diplomat, politician, and philologist. He served in the United States Congress in the 1840s and later acted as a diplomat in Turkey and the first United States Minister to Italy. He is recognized as a precursor to the sustainability concept, with his 1864 book Man and Nature influencing environmental thought. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont takes its name, in part, from him.

Born
1801

Books by George Perkins Marsh

  1. Cover of Man and nature

    Man and nature

    1867

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