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