Top 20 Environmentalist celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Environmentalist celebrities [Updated June 10, 2023].
Rachel Carson was born
on May 27, 1907
in Springdale, United States.
She received the U.S. National Book Award in 1951 for her bestseller The Sea Around Us, which is a poetic meditation on the science and history of the sea.
Braden Allenby was born
on December 29, 1950
in Highland Park, United States.
He worked as an attorney for the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Federal Communications Commission.
William Bartram was born
on April 20, 1739
in United States.
His famous work, Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, etc., was finished during the 1780s.
James Hansen was born
on March 29, 1941
in United States.
He published numerous scientific papers about the atmosphere of the planet of Venus.
Charles Keeling was born
on April 20, 1928
in United States.
In 2002 President
George W. Bush presented him with the National Medal of Science.
Adolph Murie was born
on September 6, 1899
in United States.
Naturalist who studied wolves in their native Arctic habitat and became instrumental in the forming the Denali National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. His book, A Naturalist in Alaska, won the John Burroughs Medal in 1963.
In the 1950s he led the opposition to a proposed highway and a tourist hotel in the interior of Mount McKinley National Park.
Bill Mckibben was born
on December 8, 1960
in Palo Alto, United States.
He was awarded the Gandhi Peace Award in 2013 as well as the Sophie Prize.
Lester R. Brown was born
on March 28, 1934
in United States.
Environmental analyst who founded the Earth Policy Institute in Washington D.C. Lester R. Brown is the author or co-author of over 50 books on global environmental issues including "Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity", which was released in 2012.
Lester R. Brown published the book Plan B 4.0 which became required reading at Cal State University Chico.
Gregory S. Forbes was born
on August 22, 1950
in United States.
He was on the development team of the Enhanced Fujita Scale which replaced the Fujita Scale in 2007.
Theodore Miller Edison was born
on July 10, 1898
in United States.
He worked as technical director or research and engineering for Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Henry Paul Hansen was born
on April 28, 1907
in United States.
He began teaching at Oregon State University in 1939 and he published his seminal work, Postglacial Forest Succession, Climate, and Chronology in the Pacific Northwest, in 1947.
Farrington Daniels was born
on March 8, 1889
in United States.
Abandonment of nuclear research allowed him to focus on solar energy, and he made some of the earliest solar-powered cooling, cooking and distillation machines.
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