04/21/1838 AD born
John Muir's Birthplace is a four-story stone house in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were Daniel Muir and Ann Gilrye. He was the third of eight children: Margaret, Sarah, David, Daniel, Ann and Mary (twins), and the American-born Joanna. His earliest recollections were of taking short walks with his grandfather when he was three.
In his autobiography, he described his boyhood pursuits, which included fighting, either by re-enacting romantic battles from the Wars of Scottish Independence or just scrapping on the playground, and hunting for birds' nests (ostensibly to one-up his fellows as they compared notes on who knew where the most were located).
Dunbar, Scotland
Lattitude: 56.0027° N
Longitude: 2.5169° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
Lattitude: 56.0027° N
Longitude: 2.5169° W
Region: Europe
Modern Day United Kingdom
