Dr Archie Carr PhD
(1909-1987)

Died aged c. 78

Dr. Archie and Marjorie Carr worked to preserve the environment. Born in 1909, Dr. Carr was a graduate research professor at the University of Florida and an internationally known biologist and environmentalist. He published numerous scientific papers and was the author of Travels of a Naturalist in Africa, High Jungles and Low, The Windward Road and A Naturalist in Florida. He also authored the Time-Life books, The Reptiles and The Everglades. Among the honors he received were the O’Henry Memorial Award for Short Story Writing and the John Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing. Dr. Carr died in 1987. Born in 1915, Marjorie Carr graduated from the Florida State College for Women and received her Master’s degree in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1942. She was the first woman wildlife specialist hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fish and Wildlife. While her children were growing up, she worked to beautify the town of Micanopy to reflect its heritage. She was the founder of Florida Defenders of the Environment, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Building in Tallahassee is named in her honor. Marjorie Carr died in 1998.

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Archie Fairly Carr, Jr. (June 16, 1909 – May 21, 1987) was an American herpetologist, ecologist, and conservationist. He was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and an acclaimed writer on science and nature. He brought attention to the world's declining sea turtle populations due to over-exploitation and habitat loss. Wildlife refuges in Florida and Costa Rica have been named in his honor.

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