Rachel Carson - marine biologist and nature writer

Rachel Louise Carson was an American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are attributed with advancing the global environmental movement. Carson in progress her career as a biologist in the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and become a full time nature writer in the 1950s. She extensively praised 1951 bestseller The Sea Around Us won her financial safety and recognition as a gifted writer. Her next book, The Edge of the Sea, and the republished edition of her first book, Under the Sea Wind, were also bestsellers. Together, her sea trilogy explores the entire of ocean life, from the shores to the exterior to the deep sea.

Carson had become anxious about the use of synthetic pesticides, several of which had been developed through the military funding of science since Second World War. In the late 1950s, Carson turned her notice to conservation and the environmental problems cause by synthetic pesticides. The result was Silent Spring, which bring environmental concerns to an unprecedented piece of the American public. Silent Spring spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy foremost to a nationwide ban on DDT and other pesticide and the grassroots environmental group the book inspired led to the creation of the Environmental safety Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the Presidential award of Freedom by Jimmy Carter.

Born Name	Rachel Louise Carson
Date Of Birth	May 27, 1907
Place Of Birth	Springdale, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Marine biologist, writer
Genres	Nature writing
Subjects	Marine biology, ecology, pesticides
Notable work(s)	Silent Spring
Date Of Death	April 14, 1964
Place Of Death	Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter was the 39th President of the United States. The recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have got the Prize after leaving office. Carter created two new cabinet-level departments are the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He recognized a national energy policy. Carter powerfully emphasized human rights. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted during his term. On January 20, 1981, minutes after Carter's term in office finished, the 52 United State. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Iran were released, ending the 444-day Iran prisoner crisis. After leaving office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn founded the Carter Center in 1982, a nongovernmental, not for profit association that works to advance human rights. He has traveled widely to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease avoidance and eradication in developing nations.

Born	October 1, 1924
Birth Place	Plains, Georgia
Birth name	James Earl Carter, Jr.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Rosalynn Smith Carter
Profession	Farmer, naval officer
Religion	Baptist