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Rachel Fuller Brown

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American chemist (1898-1980)

United StatesScientistsLived 1898 to 1980 · aged 81
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Rachel Fuller Brown 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.

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1994National Inventors Hall of Fame
1975Chemical Pioneer Award

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Gábor A. SomorjaiAlso won Chemical Pioneer AwardGilbert StorkAlso won Chemical Pioneer AwardEric JacobsenAlso won Chemical Pioneer AwardBarnett RosenbergAlso won Chemical Pioneer AwardHelen Murray FreeAlso won Chemical Pioneer AwardElizabeth Lee HazenAlso won Chemical Pioneer Award

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Rachel Fuller Brown 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.

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1898 to 1980 · aged 81
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