Spencer Wharton Brown

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'''Spencer Wharton Brown''' (28 November 1918-10 June 1977) was a [[geneticist]]. He taught and did research at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], from 1945 until his murder on June 10, 1977. <ref name=":0"></ref> He was sometimes referred to as "Mr. Chromosome."<ref></ref>

== Early life ==
Brown was born in [[Vermillion, South Dakota|Vermillion]], [[South Dakota]].<ref name=":0" />

== Education ==
He received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Minnesota]] in 1928, at the age of 20. He was mentored by Dr. [[Barbara McClintock]] for three years at the [[University of Missouri]] where he did graduate work for three years. When McClintock moved to the [[Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Institute]] Brown transferred to the [[University of California, Davis|University of California at Davis]], where he received his PhD in genetics one year later, in 1942. <ref name=":0" />

== References ==

[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:American geneticists]]

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