CHEMIST

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 B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her Ph.D from the University of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rachel Fuller Brown has received more than 41,710 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rachel Fuller Brown is the 572nd most popular chemist, the 10,543rd most popular biography from United States and the 107th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 572 out of 602. Before her are Jiří Drahoš, George M. Whitesides, Ira Remsen, Marie Maynard Daly, Edith M. Flanigen, and Emma P. Carr. After her are Richard Zare, Susan Solomon, Achim Müller, Gilbert Stork, Omowunmi Sadik, and F. Albert Cotton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 291. Before her are Benno von Arent, Gertrude Lawrence, Leila Denmark, Happy Chandler, Roy Harris, and Henry Louis Hudson. After her are Albert Kivikas, Stephen Vincent Benét, Gracie Fields, Ernő Nagy, Norman Z. McLeod, and Wiley Post. Among people deceased in 1980, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 280. Before her are John Kotelawala, Nikolay Bogolyubov, John McEwen, William Gemmell Cochran, Shohachi Ishii, and Gumercindo Gómez. After her are Pietro Genovesi, Tryggve Gran, Marion Zinderstein, Barbara Pym, Lillian Randolph, and Elliott Nugent.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 10,543 out of 20,380. Before her are Tawny Kitaen (1961), Melissa Benoist (1988), Theodore Roethke (1908), Tom Shadyac (1958), Alfred Mosher Butts (1899), and Kelli McCarty (1969). After her are Macdonald Carey (1913), Roger Miller (1936), George M. Cohan (1878), Anson Mount (1973), Jon Hall (1950), and Tommy Kirk (1941).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Rachel Fuller Brown ranks 107. Before her are Barbara Askins (1939), George M. Whitesides (1939), Ira Remsen (1846), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Edith M. Flanigen (1929), and Emma P. Carr (1880). After her are Richard Zare (1939), Susan Solomon (1956), F. Albert Cotton (1930), Jacqueline Barton (1952), Bonnie Bassler (1962), and Percy Lavon Julian (1899).

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