Person Detail: John Burroughs

General Information:
Full Name: John Burroughs
Biography: (1837-1921) Naturalist, essayist, and writer. Born in Roxbury, NY. Wrote: "Walt Whitman: Poet and Person" (1867), the first work to give adequate recognition to Whiteman's genius. Also wrote "Wake Robin" (1871). Burroughs lived and worked for the last 25 years of his life in the Slabsides cabin near West Park in Ulster County, and the Slabsides Nature Preserve, which is still in existence, has been named a Natural Historic Site. His funeral was held at West Park. A rock on a hill in Roxbury marks his grave, which is a State Historic Site. Works: "Deep Woods/A River View and Other Hudson Valley Essays," etc.
Author's Timeline:
1837		Delaware County Born in Roxbury, NY
1921		(Unknown) County Burroughs died on a train traveling from California to New York in 1921.
1867		(Unknown) County "Walt Whitman: Poet and Person" The first work to give adequate recognition to Whiteman's genius.
1871		(Unknown) County "Wake Robin"
?		Orange County Unknown
?		Ulster County Lived and worked near West Park, NY
?		(Unknown) County Deep Woods/A River View and Other Hudson Valley Essays,"
?		Delaware County Burroughs is buried near his home, Woodchuck Lodge, near Roxbury, New York.