George Nidever, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Nidever
American explorer
Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1802
Place of Birth: Tennessee, United States
Date of Death: 24-Mar-1883
Profession: explorer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About George Nidever
- George Nidever (also spelled Nidiver) (December 20, 1802 – March 24, 1883) was an American mountain man, explorer, fur trapper, memoirist and sailor.
- In the 1830s he became one of the first wave of American settlers to move to Mexican California, where he made his living in fur trapping.
- In 1853 he led the expedition that rescued Juana Maria, the last member of the Nicoleño people, from San Nicolas Island where she had been living alone for eighteen years.
- Toward the end of his life Nidever wrote a memoir, Life and Adventures of George Nidever, which was popular at the end of the 19th century.
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