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| Born | April 15, 1850 Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 28, 1922 (aged 72) Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Children | 7 |
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John Munro Longyear Sr. (April 15, 1850 – May 28, 1922) was an American businessman and noted developer of timber and mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan[1] and Minnesota who became the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company, which surveyed and mined coalfields on Spitsbergen, from 1905 to 1916. This company developed a settlement on Spitsbergen able to accommodate up to around 500 people which became known as Longyear City, now Longyearbyen, adjacent Advent Bay.[2]
- ^ Stratton, Robert E. (April 22, 1975). "There Was No Place Like Home for the Longyears". The Milwaukee Journal. Part 1, p. 10. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
- ^ "Longyear family of New York". The Political Graveyard. Archived from the original on December 28, 2009.