John Munro Longyear
John Munro Longyear, Sr. was an American businessman and noted developer of timber and mineral lands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan who became the central figure behind the Arctic Coal Company, which surveyed and mined coalfields on Spitsbergen, now Svalbard, 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.
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Date of Birth
April 15th, 1850
Age
176
Birth Place
United States of America, Michigan
Date of Death
May 28th, 1922
Died Aged
72
Star Sign
Aries
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