Rachel Carson (1907–1964) was a marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.
Rachel Carson may also refer to: Rachel Carson (film), an episode of American Experience series RV Rachel Carson (1977), a former naval gunboat, acquired by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1977 and later scrapped. RV Rachel Carson (2003), a former supply vessel, acquired by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in 2011. RV Rachel Carson (2008), a Challenger-class research vessel, launched in 2008 and operated by the University of Maryland. Rachel Carson Bridge, a bridge across the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rachel Carson College, a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz Rachel Carson Greenway, a set of trails in Maryland Rachel Carson Middle School, in Virginia Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, in Maine Rachel Carson Run, a tributary of the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania Rachel Carson Falls, formed by the above stream Rachel Carson Trail, a trail in Pennsylvania Statue of Rachel Carson, an outdoor sculpture by David Lewis in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, US
See also RV Rachel Carson, a list of research vessels named after Carson Rachel Carson Homestead, birthplace and childhood home in Pennsylvania of the environmentalist Rachel Carson House (Colesville, Maryland), adult home of the environmentalist Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award) Rachel Carson Prize (academic book prize)