Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964

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Dates:
Birth 1907-05-27
Death 1964-04-14
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Rachel Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was a biologist, author, and conservationist whose book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries before becoming a successful author. Late in the 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation, especially some problems that she believed were caused by synthetic pesticides. The result was the book Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented share of the American people. It inspired a grassroots environmental movement that led to the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.

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Subjects:

  • Air
  • Air
  • Bird banding
  • Birds
  • Birds
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • DDT (Insecticide)
  • Dutch elm disease
  • Marine biologists
  • Marine ecology
  • Marine pesticides
  • Pesticide residues in food
  • Pesticide resistance
  • Pesticides
  • Pesticides and wildlife
  • Pesticides industry
  • Pesticides industry
  • Pollution
  • Seashore biology
  • Soils
  • Women ecologists
  • Women scientists
  • Air
  • Birds
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Pesticides industry

Occupations:

  • Aquatic biologists
  • Authors
  • Biologists
  • Conservationists
  • Ecologists
  • Geophysicists
  • Marine biologists
  • Oceanographers
  • Women scientists

Places:

  • Silver Spring, MD, US
  • Springdale, PA, US

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