Commoner, Barry

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Commoner, Barry (1917– )

US biologist, educator, and environmental activist. He taught at Washington University (St Louis) 1947–76, before becoming head of a New York City energy and environmental research centre. Through lecturing and writing he had a wide influence as an environmentalist.

He was born in New York City. He graduated from Columbia University, and gained a PhD from Harvard in 1941. He ran for president of the USA in 1980 on the Citizen's Party ticket. His book Making Peace with the Planet appeared in 1990.

Time magazine called him ‘a professor with a class of millions.’

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