Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson
noun
United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
Instance Hypernyms: ↑biologist, ↑life scientist, ↑environmentalist, ↑conservationist

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Rachel Carson [Rachel Carson]
(1907–64) a US scientist and author. Her book Silent Spring (1963), about the threat to animals from farm chemicals, helped to change the way such chemicals are used. She also wrote The Sea Around Us (1951).

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