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约瑟夫木材Krutch的 (发音krootch)(1893年11月25日- 1970年5月22日)是一位美国作家,评论家和博物学家。
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee , he initially studied at the University of Tennessee and received a masters degree and Ph.D. from Columbia University .出生在田纳西州诺克斯维尔 ,他最初就读于田纳西大学并获得硕士学位和博士学位 ,从哥伦比亚大学 。 After serving in the army in 1918, he travelled in Europe for a year with friend Mark Van Doren .当兵后,在1918年,他走遍欧洲的一个朋友一年马克凡多伦 。 Afterwards, he worked as teacher at Brooklyn Polytechnic .后来,他在老师担任布鲁克林理工学院 。
He became a theater critic for The Nation and wrote several books, gaining acclaim through a work critical of the impact of science and technology, The Modern Temper (1929).他成了一个评论家,戏剧的民族 ,并写了几本书,获得)通过1929年工作的好评关键(对影响科学技术,现代的脾气 。 He also wrote biographies of Samuel Johnson and Henry David Thoreau in the 1940s, altogether completing a dozen volumes of literary biography and theatrical history.他还写了传记塞缪尔约翰逊和亨利大卫梭罗在上世纪40年代,共完成和戏剧历史上的一个十几册传记文学。 Throughout his life he wrote thirty-five books altogether.纵观他的一生,他说三五书籍共。
He worked as a professor at Columbia University from 1937 to 1953.他在教授担任哥伦比亚大学 1937年至53年。
Moving to Arizona in 1952, he wrote books about natural issues of ecology , the southwestern desert environment, and the natural history of the Grand Canyon , winning renown as a naturalist and conservationist.移动到亚利桑那州在1952年,他写的书自然的问题有关生态 ,西南沙漠环境和自然历史大峡谷 ,赢得了作为一个著名的自然保育和。 These writings expressed a yearning for a simpler, more contemplative life.这些作品表达了对更简单,更沉思生活的向往。 "If you drive a car at 70 mph , you can"t do anything but keep the monster under control," he expressed. “如果你驾驶一辆汽车在时速70英里,你不能做什么,但保持在控制怪物,”他表示。
He died in Tucson at age 76 from colon cancer in 1970.他死了76名年龄在图森结肠癌于1970年。 One of the last interviews with Krutch before his death was conducted by Edward Abbey and appears in Abbey"s 1988 book One Life at a Time, Please ( ISBN 0-8050-0603-6 ). Krutch的最后一个采访他的前死亡的是由爱德华艾比和时间将出现在Abbey的1988年订一张寿命,请 ( 书号0-8050-0603-6 )。
Many of Krutch"s manuscripts and typescripts are held by the University of Arizona , where the Joseph Wood Krutch Cactus Garden was named in his honor in 1980.稿件许多Krutch的手稿,并持有由美国亚利桑那大学 ,那里的约瑟夫木材Krutch的仙人掌园是在1980年命名为纪念他。
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Joseph Wood Krutch, (b. Nov. 25, 1893, Knoxville, Tenn., U.S.—d. May 22, 1970, Tucson, Ariz.), American naturalist, conservationist, writer, and critic.
Krutch attended the University of Tennessee (B.A., 1915) and Columbia University, N.Y. (M.A., 1916; Ph.D., 1923). He served in the army (1918) and spent a year (1919–20) in Europe with his fellow student Mark Van Doren. Upon his return to the United States, he taught at Brooklyn Polytechnic and began to contribute book reviews and essays to periodicals. From 1924 through 1952, during which time he was drama critic for The Nation, he taught and lectured at various schools in the area and wrote a number of books, including The Modern Temper (1929). In the 1940s he wrote two critical biographies, Samuel Johnson (1944) and Henry David Thoreau (1948), which reflected his growing interest in common-sense philosophy and natural history. In 1952 Krutch moved to Arizona and wrote several nature books in addition to the essays he continued to publish. His later work included The Measure of Man (1954), The Great Chain of Life (1956), and his autobiography, More Lives Than One (1962).
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