William O. Douglas Wilderness was created in 1984.
The area of William O. Douglas Wilderness is 680.811 square kilometers.
William O. Douglas Federal Building was created in 1912.
William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898.
William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898.
William O. Douglas died on January 19, 1980 at the age of 81.
Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness was created in 1984.
William O. Douglas died on January 19, 1980 at the age of 81.
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William O. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898 and died on January 19, 1980. William O. Douglas would have been 81 years old at the time of death or 116 years old today.
William O. Douglas was, by far, the most prolific author among the Supreme Court justices.Douglas, who served on the bench from 1939 until 1975, was an outdoorsman and ardent environmentalist. In his opinion for Sierra Club v. Morton, 405 US 727 (1972), Douglas argued that inanimate objects should have standing to sue for their own protection in court.A few of William O. Douglas' (approximately) 30 titles are still in print: Of Men and Mountains: Memoir of a Wilderness Adventurer; Go East, Young Man: The Autobiography of of William O. Douglas: The Early Years; and Nature's Justice: Writings of William O. Douglas (essays).The Library of Congress Collection includes a total of 57 books by Douglas.
The antagonists in "Of Men and Mountains" by William O. Douglas are the physical challenges of the wilderness and the isolation that the protagonist faces. The external environment and the internal struggles of the protagonist serve as the primary sources of conflict in the book.
William O. Munsell House was created in 1902.