Muir
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A Muir is the Scots word for moorland
, and Scots Gaelic for sea, and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore
in Scotland and other parts of the world.
United States
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat, in the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome, found in upland areas, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils and heavy fog...
, and Scots Gaelic for sea, and is the etymological origin of the surname and Clan Muir/Mure/Moore
Clan Muir
Clan Muir is an Armigerous Scottish clan, meaning that the clan doesn't have a chief recognized by the Court of the Lord Lyon. Historically, the surnames Muir, Mure, and Moore can be considered septs of Clann Campbell and septs of Clan Gordon in the highlands. The spelling variation More/Moore is...
in Scotland and other parts of the world.
Settlements
Canada- Muir, Ontario
United States
- Muir, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaMuir, Contra Costa County, CaliforniaMuir is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California. It is located on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad north-northeast of Orinda, at an elevation of 118 feet ....
- Muir, Willits, CaliforniaMuir, Willits, CaliforniaMuir is a former unincorporated community now incorporated in Willits in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad southeast of downtown Willits, at an elevation of 1388 feet ....
- Muir Beach, CaliforniaMuir Beach, CaliforniaMuir Beach is a census-designated place , unincorporated community, and beach that is located northwest of San Francisco in western Marin County, California, United States...
- Muir Heights, Pasadena, CaliforniaMuir Heights, Pasadena, California-Education:Muir Heights is home to Cleveland Elementary School and John Muir High School, and is also served by Jackson and Washington Elementary Schools, Washington and Eliot Middle Schools, and John Muir High School.-Transportation:...
- Muir, MichiganMuir, MichiganMuir is a village in Lyons Township, Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 634 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and 1.30% is water....
- Muir, Pennsylvania
Other
India- Muir hostel, Muir Center College, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Australia
- Lake MuirLake MuirLake Muir is a lake within an important wetlands area in the South West region of Western Australia, often known as the Lake Muir - Unicup System...
, Western Australia
United Kingdom
- John Muir Country ParkJohn Muir Country ParkThe John Muir Country Park is an area of woodland, grassland and coastline near Dunbar in East Lothian, Scotland. It is named after John Muir, a famous naturalist and geologist who was born in Dunbar and later emigrated to the USA where he developed his ideas....
in Dunbar, Scotland
United States
- John Muir TrailJohn Muir TrailThe John Muir Trail is a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, running between the northern terminus at Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley and the southern terminus located on the summit of Mount Whitney . For almost all of its length, the trail is in the High Sierra...
, a long-distance trail in the Sierra Nevada of California - John Muir WildernessJohn Muir WildernessThe John Muir Wilderness is a wilderness area that extends along the crest of the Sierra Nevada of California, USA for , in the Inyo and Sierra National Forests. Established in 1964 by the Wilderness Act and named for naturalist John Muir, it contains...
in the Sierra Nevada - Mount MuirMount MuirMount Muir is a peak in the Sierra Nevada of California, south of Mount Whitney. This peak is named for John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, notable California geologist, and American conservationist...
in the Sierra Nevada - Muir Beach OverlookMuir Beach OverlookMuir Beach Overlook is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. People may visit this cliffside park when driving on State Route 1 north of San Francisco, California and south of Stinson Beach, California. It has views of Pacific oceanside cliffs and on clear days you can see San...
, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California - Muir GlacierMuir GlacierMuir Glacier is a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is currently about wide at the terminus. As recently as the mid-1980s the glacier was a tidewater glacier and calved icebergs from a wall of ice 60 m tall.Muir Glacier has undergone very rapid,...
, Alaska - Muir Woods National MonumentMuir Woods National MonumentMuir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service on the Pacific coast of southwestern Marin County, California, north of San Francisco and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area...
, Marin County, California
Music
- Alexander MuirAlexander MuirAlexander Muir was a Canadian songwriter, poet, soldier, and school headmaster. He was the composer of The Maple Leaf Forever, which he wrote in October 1867 to celebrate the Confederation of Canada.-Early life:...
, songwriter, poet and school headmaster in the township of Scarborough, Ontario - Jamie MuirJamie MuirJamie Muir is a UK painter and former percussionist, best known for his work in King Crimson.-Biography:Muir attended Edinburgh College of Art during the 1960s and began playing jazz on trombone before settling on percussion....
, British percussionist - Mike MuirMike MuirMike Muir is the lead vocalist of the Venice skate punk bands Suicidal Tendencies Los Cycos and the funk rock band Infectious Grooves...
(born 1964), U.S. singer - Muir MathiesonMuir MathiesonJames Muir Mathieson was a Scottish conductor and composer. Mathieson was almost always described as a "Musical Director" on a large number of British films.-Career:...
, British conductor - Robbie Muir (musician), New Zealand musician
Sports
- Adam MuirAdam MuirAdam Muir is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played his club football with the Newcastle Knights , North Sydney Bears, Northern Eagles, and the South Sydney...
(born 1971), Australian rugby league footballer - Barry MuirBarry MuirBarry Muir is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. An Australian and Queensland representative halfback, he played in twenty-two Tests between 1959 and 1964, as captain on two occasions...
(born 1937), Australian rugby league footballer - Bryan MuirBryan MuirBryan Muir is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 279 games in the National Hockey League winning a Stanley Cup Championship with the Colorado Avalanche in 2001...
(born 1973), Canadian ice hockey player - Jim Muir (born 1958), U.S. skateboarder
- Lois MuirLois MuirDame Lois Joan Muir, DNZM, OBE is a New Zealand netball coach and administrator, and a former representative netball and basketball player. Muir represented New Zealand in two sports, playing with the Tall Ferns from 1952–1962 and the Silver Ferns from 1960–1963. She later became head coach of the...
(born 1935), New Zealand sportswoman - Robbie Muir (footballer)Robbie Muir (footballer)Robbie "Mad Dog" Muir is a former part-Indigenous Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
, Australian rules footballer
Arts
- Chris MuirChris MuirChris Muir is a U.S. cartoonist who draws the daily web comic Day by Day. Prior to that, he drew a single-panel comic called Altered States for about 5 years for Florida Today ....
(born 1958), U.S. cartoonist - Edwin MuirEdwin MuirEdwin Muir was an Orcadian poet, novelist and translator born on a farm in Deerness on the Orkney Islands. He was remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry in plain language with few stylistic preoccupations....
(1887–1959), British poet, novelist and translator - Jean MuirJean MuirJean Elizabeth Muir, CBE, FCSD was an English fashion designer .-History and early career:...
(1928–1995), British fashion designer - John Kenneth MuirJohn Kenneth MuirJohn Kenneth Muir is an American literary critic. He has written twenty-one reference books in the fields of film and television, with a particular accent on the horror and science fiction genres....
(born 1969), U.S. writer on film and television - William MuirWilliam MuirSir William Muir, KCSI was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator.-Life:He was born at Glasgow and educated at Kilmarnock Academy, at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, and at Haileybury College. In 1837 he entered the Bengal Civil Service...
(born 1977), Scottish poet - Marjorie Muir WorthingtonMarjorie Muir WorthingtonMarjorie Muir Worthington was an American authoress of novels and short stories.She was born in 1900 in New York City. She was inspired by the arts as a child, yet she studied at New York University School of Journalism. It appears that while in New York she met and married her first husband...
(1900-1976), American writer - Dick Muir South African Rugby Player
Academics
- Francis MuirFrancis MuirFrancis Muir , also known as fido, ffoulkes, fideaux, or our beloved phydeaux, is a former Research Associate at the Geophysics Department of Stanford University, and a notable Usenetter who mainly contributed to the newsgroup rec.arts.books...
(born 1926), British geophysicist - John MuirJohn MuirJohn Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, have been read by millions...
(1838–1914), naturalist, engineer, explorer, and writer - John Muir (indologist)John Muir (indologist)John Muir was a Scottish Sanskrit scholar and Indologist .-Biography:Muir was born in Glasgow, Scotland, one of four brothers amongst whom was William Muir, and educated at the grammar school of Irvine, the University of Glasgow, and the East India Company College at Haileybury...
(1810–1882), Scottish sanskritist - M. M. Pattison MuirM. M. Pattison MuirMatthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir, FRSE, FCS was a chemist and author. He taught chemistry at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and was head of the Caius Laboratory there...
(1848-1931), chemist and author - Thomas Muir (mathematician)Thomas Muir (mathematician)Sir Thomas Muir FRS was a Scottish mathematician, remembered as an authority on determinants. He was born in Stonebyres in South Lanarkshire, and brought up in the small town of Biggar. At the University of Glasgow he changed his studies from classics to mathematics after advice from the future...
(1844–1934), British mathematician - William MuirWilliam MuirSir William Muir, KCSI was a Scottish Orientalist and colonial administrator.-Life:He was born at Glasgow and educated at Kilmarnock Academy, at Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities, and at Haileybury College. In 1837 he entered the Bengal Civil Service...
(1819–1905), British orientalist - David F. Muir (born 1956), neuroscientist, inventor
Law
- Leilani MuirLeilani MuirLeilani Marietta Muir was the first person to file a successful law suit against the province of Alberta, Canada for wrongful sterilization under the Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta...
(born 1944), Canadian plaintiff - Richard MuirRichard MuirSir Richard David Muir was a prosecutor for the British Crown, widely regarded as the greatest of his time; he played a prominent role in many of the most sensational trials of the early part of the 20th century, most notably that of Hawley Harvey Crippen.Muir was born in Scotland, the son of...
(1857–1924), British prosecutor - Thomas Muir (political reformer) (1765–1799), Scottish radical
Other
- Muir S. FairchildMuir S. FairchildGeneral Muir Stephen Fairchild was former vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force. He was born September 2, 1894 at Bellingham, Washington, and died March 17, 1950 at Fort Myer, Virginia.-Early service:Muir S...
, (1894-1950) former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force - David MuirDavid MuirDavid Muir is an American journalist and anchor for ABC News, the news division of the ABC broadcast-television network based in New York City, New York.-Early life and education:...
, correspondent for ABC News - Frank MuirFrank MuirFrank Herbert Muir was an English comedy writer, radio and television personality, and raconteur. His writing and performing partnership with Denis Norden endured for most of their careers. Together they wrote BBC radio's Take It From Here for over 10 years, and then appeared on BBC radio...
(1920–1998), British comedian - Jamie Muir (politician)Jamie Muir (politician)Jamie Muir is an educator and politician. He was the MLA for Truro-Bible Hill in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2009, and served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs in the Executive Council of Nova Scotia.-Background:Muir is a graduate of Dalhousie University,...
, Canadian educator and politician - Jean Muir (actress)Jean Muir (actress)Jean Muir was an American stage and film actress.-Career:Born in Suffern, New York as Jean Muir Fullarton, she first appeared on Broadway in 1930, and was signed by Warner Brothers Studios three years later. She played opposite several famous actors - Warren William, Paul Muni, Richard...
(1911–1996), American actress - Kenneth Muir (VC) (1912–1950), British soldier
- Malcolm MuirMalcolm MuirMalcolm Muir was a U.S. magazine industrialist. He served as president of McGraw-Hill Publishing from 1928 to 1937. During his tenure as president, he helped create BusinessWeek magazine in 1929, the same year that McGraw-Hill stock was publicly traded for the first time...
(1885–1979), U.S. magazine industrialist - Norrie MuirNorrie MuirNorrie Muir Scottish climber and prolific first ascentionist. Member of the exclusive Creagh Dhu mountaineering club, and with Stevie Docherty and George Adam formed a group known as the “Steam Team.”...
(born 1948), British mountaineer - Sir Thomas Muir, founder of Muir College
Other uses
- John Muir CollegeJohn Muir CollegeJohn Muir College is one of the six undergraduate colleges at the University of California, San Diego . The college is named after John Muir, the environmentalist and founder of the Sierra Club. It has a humanitarian emphasis focused on the "spirit of self-sufficiency and individual choice"...
, residential college of the University of California, San Diego - John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)John Muir High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California, United States and is a part of the Pasadena Unified School District. The school is named after preservationist John Muir.-History:...
- Muir CollegeMuir CollegeMuir College is a public, English medium school for boys located in Uitenhage, South Africa. Muir caters for pupils from Grades 4 to 12.-History:Muir College of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape is one of South Africa's oldest schools, if not the oldest....
, school for boys from Grade 4 to Grade 12 in Uitenhage, South Africa - Muir IslandMuir IslandMuir Island is a small, fictional island off the northern coast of Scotland in the Marvel Comics universe. It plays a prominent role in the X-Men comics and its related series.-History:...
, fictional island in the Marvel Comics universe