Harvey Broome
Harvey Broome | |
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| Born | Harvey Benjamin Broome July 15, 1902 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | March 8, 1968 (aged 65) Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Education | University of Tennessee (1923) Harvard Law School (1926) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Years active | 1928–1968 |
| Notable work | Harvey Broome: Earth Man (1970) Faces of the Wilderness (1972) Out Under the Sky of the Great Smokies: A Personal Journal (1975) |
| Spouse | Anna Waller Pursel |
| Parent(s) | George and Adelaide Smith Broome |
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, 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. The Knoxville Group of the Tennessee Chapter of the Sierra Club is named the "Harvey Broome Group" in his honor.