Naturalists are scientists who study the world around us. Rachel Carson of Pennsylvania and John Muir of California are two of America's most famous naturalists. Some famous naturalists who studied South Carolina's flora and fauna in colonial times were William Bartram, Mark Catesby, and John James Audubon. They observed the beautiful native birds of South Carolina including the Carolina Parakeet and the Passenger Pigeon, which are both extinct today but which can be seen in mounted form at the Charleston Museum.
Two famous modern naturalists from South Carolina are Anne Worsham Richardson, a modern day painter of birds and flowers like Bartram, Catesby, Audubon, and Rudy Mancke, educator and host of SC Educational Television's Naturescene program.
Two famous modern naturalists from South Carolina are Anne Worsham Richardson, a modern day painter of birds and flowers like Bartram, Catesby, Audubon, and Rudy Mancke, educator and host of SC Educational Television's Naturescene program.
Picture above: Passenger Pigeons by John James Audubon. From http://www.environ.sc.edu/Mancke%20bio.htm. Accessed 5/30/08.
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