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| 1. | Christopher (“Kit”), 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout. |
| 2. | Sir Edward Henry (Baron Carson), 1854–1935, Irish public official. |
| 3. | Johnny, 1925–2005, U.S. television entertainer. |
| 4. | Rachel Louise, 1907–1964, U.S. marine biologist and author. |
| 5. | a city in SW California. 81,221. |
| 6. | a river in N California and NW Nevada, flowing NE to the Carson Sink. 150 mi. (241 km) long. |
| 7. | a male or female given name. |
An American author and scientist of the twentieth century who was fervently devoted to defending the natural world against pollution. Her best-known books are Silent Spring, concerning the overuse of pesticides and weed killers, and The Sea Around Us.
Note: She is considered to be the founder of the modern environmental movement.
| Carson (kär'sən) Pronunciation Key
American marine biologist and writer whose best-known book, Silent Spring (1962), was an influential study of the dangerous effects of synthetic pesticides on food chains. Public reaction to the book resulted in stricter controls on pesticide use and shaped the ideas of the modern environmental movement. |