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Beginnings are apt to be shadowy.

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Rachel Carson
Age: 56 †
Born: 1907
Born: May 27
Died: 1964
Died: April 14
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Conservationist
Environmentalist
Essayist
Marine Biologist
Non-Fiction Writer
Zoologist
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Rachel Louise Carson
Rachel L. Carson
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