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Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27 ,1907 , along the Allegheny River. Her father , Robert Warden Carson , was an insurance salesman whereas her mother , Maria Frazier , was a stay at home mother. At a young age Carson developed the hobby of reading . She particularly liked to read the “St. Nicolas Magazine”. Ironically , she later in her life publish multiple stories in that magazine. After elementary school Carson attended Parnassus High School , located in Kensington , Philadelphia. Four years later, she graduates from that school and earns a scholarship to Pennsylvania College for Women. She aims to major English and become an English teacher. In college she is inspired by her biology professor named Mary Scott Skinker and she changes

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