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May 23, 2012
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Rachel Fuller Brown

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Rachel Fuller Brown (November 23, 1898 - January 14, 1980) was an American scientist.

Shew was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and received her undergraduate education at Mount Holyoke College and her graduate education in chemistry from the University of Chicago.

Brown collaborated with Elizabeth Lee Hazen through postal mail to develop the first useful antifungal antibiotic, nystatin. Brown and Hazen donated all nystatin royalties (more than $13 million) to the nonprofit Research Corporation.

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Category:American chemists|Brown, Rachel Fuller
Category:Women scientists|Brown, Rachel Fuller
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