Harvey Broome

Harvey Broome
Born
Harvey Benjamin Broome

(1902-07-15)July 15, 1902
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
DiedMarch 8, 1968(1968-03-08) (aged 65)
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
EducationUniversity of Tennessee (1923)
Harvard Law School (1926)[1]
OccupationLawyer
Years active1928–1968
Notable workHarvey Broome: Earth Man (1970)
Faces of the Wilderness (1972)
Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies: A Personal Journal (1975)
SpouseAnna Waller Pursel[1]
Parent(s)George and Adelaide Smith Broome[1]

Harvey Benjamin Broome (July 15, 1902 – March 8, 1968) was an American lawyer, writer and conservationist. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Broome was a founding member of The Wilderness Society,[2] for which he served as president from 1957 until his death in 1968, and played a key role in the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.[1] The Knoxville Group of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club is named the "Harvey Broome Group" in his honor.

  1. ^ a b c d Alice Howell, Lucile Deaderick (ed.), Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976), pp. 500-501.
  2. ^ Sutter, p. 3