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John Muir
b. 1838 Scotland
d. 1914 Los Angeles

From Wikipedia –

“In 1880, after he returned from a trip to Alaska, Muir and Strentzel married. John Muir went into partnership with his father-in-law, John Strentzel, and for ten years directed most of his energy into managing this large fruit farm.

“Although Muir was a loyal, dedicated husband and father of two daughters, ‘his heart remained wild’, writes Marquis. His wife understood his needs, and after seeing his restlessness at the ranch, would sometimes ‘shoo him back up’ to the mountains. He sometimes took his daughters with him.”

As I wrote in Sweet under the More Tab, a man named John McLaren, who was a friend of John Muir, gave my dad his first and only career. McLaren was born 1846 Scotland and died 1943 San Francisco. He created Golden Gate Park.

I have it firsthand: McLaren did not like any buildings or statues in the Park and tried to hide them with hedges. From the balcony of McLaren Lodge, he gave my dad his first raise.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLaren_(horticulturist)​
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Mount Muir, 14,018 ft (4,273 m) — Eastern Sierra peak near Mount Whitney, within Sequoia National Park and the John Muir Wilderness. Photo author Poppy, dated June 2005. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Muir.jpg