John Burroughs

John Burroughs was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.

3 April 1837

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Carlos Salinas de Gortari • David Hyde Pierce • Dooley Wilson • Doon Arbus • Emperor Xingzong of Liao • George Edwards (naturalist) • George of Trebizond • Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck • Helmut Kohl • Iron Eyes Cody • Kam Chancellor • Marcus Brown • Margaret Anglin • Otto Weininger • Peter Hartley (footballer) • Pierre Bretonneau • Wakanohana Kanji II • Yoshibayama Junnosuke • Ōtori Tanigorō

Born in the same month (April 1837): Algernon Charles Swinburne • Fredrik Bajer • Georges Ernest Boulanger • J. P. Morgan