This speech became one of Thoreau's "most influential ecological contributions to conservationist thought".

He has made a number of influential contributions.

America's most influential contribution to music was jazz, a form originated by blacks and based on African rhythms.

His most influential contributions, however, concern the work of John Locke.

He made influential contributions to the philosophy of language, epistemology and Christian philosophy.

During this time they worked out an influential contribution to argumentation theory.

Pascal's development of probability theory was his most influential contribution to mathematics.

The article itself has been characterized by some as the most influential contribution to the establishment of the discipline.

Taguchi has made a very influential contribution to industrial statistics.

His theory of implicature is among the most important and influential contributions to contemporary pragmatics.