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Rachel Carson
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Rachel Carson

Author · born May 27, 1907 · died 1964

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Rachel Louise Carson 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.

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  1. ~44Named Guggenheim Fellowship1951
  2. 55Notable work: Silent SpringSeptember 27, 1962

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1971 · United Kingdom

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Actor

1970 · United Kingdom

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