Rachel Carson
/ˌreɪtʃəl ˈkɑːsn/
/ˌreɪtʃəl ˈkɑːrsn/
- (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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