Robert Sterling Yard

Wilderness activist and publicist (1861-1945).

Born February 1st, 1861 in Haverstraw.

Died May 17th, 1945 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).

Occupations
conservationist, environmentalist, journalist, writer

Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel