Nellie A. Brown (1876-1956)
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Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0423
A plant pathologist, Nellie A. Brown (1876-1956) was a member of Torrey Botanical Club while doing postgraduate work at University of California. She began working for U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, in the 1910s, and conducted research there for 35 years. With C.O. Townsend, she was co-discoverer of the organism responsible for crown gall.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0423
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0423]