Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for Rachel Carson across 7 places, from 1907 to 1964.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Rachel Carson was documented, and when
27 May 1907exact date
Springdale, Pennsylvaniaattested“Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania, located by the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
27 May 1907exact date
Pittsburghattested“Carson was born on May 27, 1907, on a family farm near Springdale, Pennsylvania, located by the Allegheny River near Pittsburgh.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
January 1928month
Pittsburghattested“Carson gained admission to Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, where she originally studied English but switched her major to biology in January 1928.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
January 1928month
Pennsylvaniaattested“Carson gained admission to Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, where she originally studied English but switched her major to biology in January 1928.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
January 1928month
Pennsylvania Collegeattested“Carson gained admission to Pennsylvania College for Women, now Chatham University, in Pittsburgh, where she originally studied English but switched her major to biology in January 1928.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1929year
Marine Biological Laboratoryattested“After a summer course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, she continued her studies in zoology and genetics at Johns Hopkins in the fall of 1929.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1957year
Maineattested“She also made plans to buy and preserve from development an area in Maine she and Freeman called the "Lost Woods." In early 1957, a family tragedy struck for the third time when one of her nieces she had cared for since the 1940s died at…”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1957year
Silver Spring, Marylandattested“Carson moved to Silver Spring, Maryland to care for Roger and spent much of 1957 putting together a new living situation and studying specific environmental threats.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
14 April 1964exact date
Silver Spring, Marylandattested“She died of a heart attack on April 14, 1964, in her home in Silver Spring, Maryland.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
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1928year
Johns Hopkins Universitymentioned“She was admitted to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1928, but was forced to remain at the Pennsylvania College for Women for her senior year due to financial difficulties.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1928year
Baltimorementioned“She was admitted to graduate school at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1928, but was forced to remain at the Pennsylvania College for Women for her senior year due to financial difficulties.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1945year
United States Fish and Wildlife Servicementioned“Carson attempted to leave the Bureau (by then transformed into the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1945year
United Statesmentioned“Carson attempted to leave the Bureau (by then transformed into the United States Fish and Wildlife Service) in 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1963year
National Audubon Societymentioned“In late 1963, she received a flurry of awards and honors: the Audubon Medal (from the National Audubon Society), the Cullum Geographical Medal (from the American Geographical Society), and induction into the American Academy of Arts and…”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
1963year
American Geographical Societymentioned“In late 1963, she received a flurry of awards and honors: the Audubon Medal (from the National Audubon Society), the Cullum Geographical Medal (from the American Geographical Society), and induction into the American Academy of Arts and…”source: Wikipedia: Rachel Carson
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