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Rachel Carson

1907 - 1964

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Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement. Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s. Her widely praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her a U.S. National Book Award, recognition as a gifted writer, and financial security. Its success prompted the republication of her first book, Under the Sea Wind (1941), in 1952, which was followed by The Edge of the Sea in 1955 — both were also bestsellers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rachel Carson is the 39th most popular biologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from United States (down from 351st in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Biologist.

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 BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, 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 BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists 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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