The Resume

(April 21, 1838-December 24, 1914)
Born in Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom
Naturalist, author and conservationist
Wrote 'In the Sierra Foot-Hills' (1894), 'Our National Parks' (1901), 'Stickeen' (1909), 'My First Summer in the Sierra' (1911) and 'The Yosemite' (1912)
Founder and first president of the Sierra Club (1892-1914)
Depicted on the California state quarter

Why he might be annoying:

Environmentalists Roderick Nash and Carl Anthony suggested that he journeyed into the Canadian wilderness to avoid the draft during the US Civil War.
He frequently complained that American Indians were dirty and unclean.
He wrote about blacks, 'One energetic white man, working with a will, would easily pick as much cotton as a half dozen Sambos and Sallies.'

Why he might not be annoying:

His attitudes towards Indians changed dramatically after he lived with the native peoples of California and Alaska.
He correctly argued that the Yosemite Valley had been carved by glaciers, as opposed to the then-leading theory that the valley had been created by a catastrophic earthquake.
He successfully lobbied Teddy Roosevelt in person to get Yosemite declared a National Park.
He is the namesake for Muir Glacier in Alaska and California's John Muir Wilderness Area, Muir Woods National Monument and John Muir College.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 128523)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 16]
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [M-Q]
• I Attended University of Wisconsin-Madison
• I Died Before Unwrapping Presents [Christmas Eve - December 24th] (Ranked: 1914)
• I Died in 1914 (Ranked: 76)
• I Made a Biased Comment in Public [Some Alleged]
• I was Home Schooled
• I Was Homeless
• Look at Me, I'm Using a Cane or Crutches
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 24501-24750 (Ranked: 24501)
• Smithsonian’s 100 Most Significant Americans of All Time [2015] (Ranked: 1)
• The My Hero Project
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 171 Votes: 59.65% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 212 Votes: 54.72% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 26.32% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 51.35% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 67 Votes: 38.81% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying