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Rachel Carson

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1316544&amp;oldid=2562057468" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Guggenheim Fellowship · dated 1951
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q591623&amp;oldid=2549142550" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Silent Spring · dated 1962
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q674113&amp;oldid=2555343936" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q5087708&amp;oldid=2541579292" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chatham University · from 1925 · to 1929
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q822111&amp;oldid=2548080550" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Burroughs Medal · dated 1952
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q7762748&amp;oldid=2427012810" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sea Around Us

Wikidata describes Rachel Carson as American marine biologist and conservationist (1907–1964).

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