(1809-68) a US hunter and soldier who also worked as a GUIDE for John C. FRéMONT on his journeys in the western part of North America. Carson City in the state of Nevada is named after him.
(1907-64) a US scientist who worked in marine biology (= the study of the creatures and plants that live in the sea) . She wrote several books, including Silent Spring, and she was one of the first people to realize that PESTICIDE s (= chemicals for protecting crops from insects) were damaging the environment.
(1917-67) a US writer whose novels include The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and Reflections in a Golden Eye . Her best-known short stories are included in the collection The Ballad of the Sad Café . She often wrote about loneliness, and many of her characters are people who do not fit into ordinary society.