Rachel Carson
American marine biologist and writer (1907–1964); author of Silent Spring.
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- Rachel Carson was an American marine biologist, writer and conservationist.
- She began as an aquatic biologist at the U.S.
- Bureau of Fisheries and became a full-time nature writer in the 1950s.
- The Sea Around Us (1951) won a U.S.
- National Book Award.
- Silent Spring (1962), on the harm done by synthetic pesticides, helped bring about a national ban on DDT and inspired the movement that led to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Key facts
- Born
- 27 May 1907, near Springdale, Pennsylvania1
- Died
- 14 April 19641
- Books
- Under the Sea Wind (1941), The Sea Around Us (1951), The Edge of the Sea (1955), Silent Spring (1962)1
- Education
- Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University (1929)1
- Honours
- National Book Award for The Sea Around Us; Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded after her death1
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