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George Washington Carver
1864 – 1943Crop rotation and peanut science that rescued Southern soil and farmers.
United States·Biology · Chemistry
Carlos Chagas
1879 – 1934Described a disease, its parasite and its vector single-handedly.
Brazil·Medicine · Biology
Barbara McClintock
1902 – 1992Discovered jumping genes decades before the field caught up.
United States·BiologyNobel
Rachel Carson
1907 – 1964Silent Spring launched the environmental movement and got DDT banned.
United States·Biology · Literature
Marie Tharp
1920 – 2006Mapped the ocean floor and proved continental drift.
United States·Biology · Astronomy
Jennifer Doudna
b. 1964CRISPR gene editing, now in approved sickle-cell therapy.
United States·Chemistry · BiologyNobel