Historical figures in Marine Biological Laboratory
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 1929 to 1988. The most recorded lives are Rachel Carson, Sydney Brenner and Dolores del Río. Across the Cold War and the Interwar Period.
Notable people
Dolores del Río
in 1956
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Rachel Carson
in 1929
1 moment here
American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose books about the sea and pesticides, especially Silent Spring, helped reshape public…
Sydney Brenner
in 1988
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Moments
- 1929 Summer course at Marine Biological Laboratory Rachel Carson
- 1956 Anastasia debut at Falmouth Playhouse Dolores del Río
- 1988 Forbes Lecture Sydney Brenner