Rachel Fuller Brown (November 23, 1898 - January 14, 1980) was an American scientist. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. She received her Bachelor of Arts in history and chemistry from Mount Holyoke College in 1920. She received her PhD in organic chemistry and bacteriology in 1933 from the University of Chicago. Brown collaborated with Elizabeth Lee Hazen through postal mail to develop the first useful antifungal antibiotic, nystatin. Wikipedia
Working as researchers for the New York State Department of Health , Rachel Fuller Brown in Albany and Elizabeth Lee Hazen in New York City shared tests and samples through the U.S. mail. www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/20.html
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