rachel carson (1907-1964)

Rachel Carson has gone down in history for her intelligence, scientific discoveries, and extraordinary writing abilities. Born in 1907 Carson studied english and writing in collage but ultimately switched her major to biology. She obtained a degree in Zoology from John Hopkins University and continued to write for her student newspaper through her schooling career. She is now one of the world most successful marine biologists to date and has published her findings in to separate, self written books entitled "The Sea Around Us" and her most famous work that also legitimized her writing career, "Silent Spring".