Barbara McClintock
American scientist and cytogeneticist
Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927. Wikipedia
Born: June 16, 1902, Hartford, CT
Died: September 2, 1992 (age 90 years), Huntington, NY
Education: Cornell University (1927), Erasmus Hall High School (1919), Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and more
Known for: Work in genetic structure of maize and corn
Parents: Thomas Henry McClintock and Sara Handy McClintock
Fields: Cytogenetics (genetics scientist)