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Rachel Fuller Brown

1898 - 1980

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Rachel Fuller Brown (November 23, 1898 – January 14, 1980) was an American chemist best known for her long-distance collaboration with microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen in developing the first useful antifungal antibiotic, nystatin, while doing research for the Division of Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health. Brown received her BA from Mount Holyoke College and her PhD from the University of Chicago. She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1994. Nystatin, still produced today under various trade names, not only cures a variety of potentially devastating fungal infections, but has also been used to combat Dutch Elm disease in trees and to restore artwork damaged by water and mold. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Rachel Fuller Brown is the 579th most popular chemist (down from 572nd in 2024), the 10,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,544th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 579 out of 602. Before her are Faiza Al-Kharafi, Martin Kamen, Jiří Drahoš, Ira Remsen, Gilbert Stork, and Benjamin Silliman. After her are John George Children, Susan Solomon, Mary Engle Pennington, Martyn Poliakoff, Richard Zare, and Ching Wan Tang.

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Among people born in 1898, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 296. Before her are Chesty Puller, Lucy Morton, Lee Garmes, Albert Kivikas, Bedřich Šupčík, and Humberto Tomasina. After her are Baby Dodds, Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, Harry Edward, Roy Harris, and Stephen Vincent Benét. Among people deceased in 1980, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 282. Before her are Bette Nesmith Graham, Lucy Morton, William Gemmell Cochran, David Marr, Ahmet Berman, and Frank Saker. After her are Nelson López, Emily Hood Westacott, John Kotelawala, Tryggve Gran, Hans Wetterström, and Barney Bigard.

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 109. Before her are Wallace Smith Broecker (1931), Barbara Askins (1939), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Mildred Cohn (1913), Ira Remsen (1846), and Benjamin Silliman (1779). After her are Susan Solomon (1956), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Richard Zare (1939), Willis R. Whitney (1868), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), and Esther M. Conwell (1922).

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