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Rachel Carson

1907 - 1964

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レイチェル・ルイーズ・カーソン（Rachel Louise Carson、1907年5月27日 - 1964年4月14日）は、アメリカ合衆国において1960年代に環境問題を告発した生物学者。アメリカ合衆国内務省魚類野生生物局の水産生物学者としてキャリアをスタートさせ、1950年代にフルタイムのネイチャーライターとなった。 農薬として使う化学物質の危険性を取り上げた著書『沈黙の春』（Silent Spring）は、アメリカにおいて半年間で50万部も売り上げ、後のアースディや1972年の国連人間環境会議のきっかけとなり、人類史上において、環境問題そのものに人々の目を向けさせ、環境保護運動の始まりとなった。没後の1980年、当時のアメリカ合衆国大統領ジミー・カーターから大統領自由勲章の授与を受けた。 ウィキペディアで詳細を読む

Her biography is available in 91 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2024). Rachel Carson is the 39th most popular 生物学者 (down from 26th in 2024), the 444th most popular biography from United States (down from 351st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American 生物学者.

Rachel Carson is most famous for her book Silent Spring, which was published in 1962. In the book, she argued that the indiscriminate use of pesticides, such as DDT, threatened both human health and the environment. The book helped to launch the environmental movement in the United States.

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Among 生物学者

Among 生物学者, Rachel Carson ranks 39 out of 1,097. Before her are Conrad Gessner, Francis Crick, George Smith, Trofim Lysenko, Barbara McClintock, and John Edward Gray. After her are Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, Karl von Frisch, Ada Yonath, Richard Henderson, and Peter Simon Pallas.

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Among people born in 1907, Rachel Carson ranks 18. Before her are J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, Hergé, Maria Branyas, Lee Miller, and Baldur von Schirach. After her are Laurence Olivier, Frank Whittle, Bhagat Singh, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Nikolaas Tinbergen, and Yang Shangkun. Among people deceased in 1964, Rachel Carson ranks 11. Before her are Victor Francis Hess, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Paul of Greece, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, James Franck, and Alma Mahler. After her are Norbert Wiener, Gerhard Domagk, Ian Fleming, Vasily Grossman, Sigfrid Edström, and Gerrit Rietveld.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rachel Carson ranks 444 out of 20,380. Before her are Coen brothers (null), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Robert S. Mulliken (1896), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), and Nina Simone (1933). After her are Philip Kotler (1931), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), Edward Hopper (1882), Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Nancy Reagan (1921), and Margaret Mitchell (1900).

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Among 生物学者 In United States

Among 生物学者 born in United States, Rachel Carson ranks 7. Before her are James Watson (1928), George Beadle (1903), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), Edward Tatum (1909), George Smith (1941), and Barbara McClintock (1902). After her are Irwin Rose (1926), Linda B. Buck (1947), Dian Fossey (1932), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Alfred Hershey (1908), and Stanley B. Prusiner (1942).

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