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Famous Ecologists

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RACHEL CARSON

  • 1907-1964
  • Marine Biologist,Began career in US Bureau of fisheries, became full time Nature writing in the 50’s,Wrote many books about aquatic life,Won the US National Book Award.

BARRY BISHOP

  • 1932-1994
  • Mountaineer,Attended Northwestern University,Part of first American team to scale Mount Everest,Worked for the National Geographic Society,Killed in a car crash.

ROBERT WHITTAKER

  • 1920-1980
  • Plant Ecologist,Gained his p.h.D at the University of Illinois,Provided Strong Empirical evidence against some Ideas of Vegetational Development,Active from the fifties to the seventies,Worked at Cal Irvine,Brooklyn college,Washington State,And Cornell.