Person McClintock; Barbara (1902 - 1992) McClintock Barbara 1902 - 1992 American Female Hartford, Connecticut, USA 16/06/1902 19020616 Hospital, Huntington, New York, USA 02/09/1992 19920902

Long Island, New York, USA (1988)

Plant genetics Education: College of Agriculture, Cornell University. PhD (1927) Career: Fellow, National Research Council (1931-1933); Gugenheim Fellow (1933); Research Associate, Cornell University (1934-1936); Assistant Professor, University of Missouri (1936-1941); Staff, Carnegie Institute of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, Laboratory, Long Island (1941-1992); Visiting Professor, Californian Institute of Technology (1953-1954); Andrew D White Professor-at-Large, Cornell (1965-1992); discovered transposable genetic elements, known as 'jumping genes' and presented her findings (1951); first woman in her category to receive an unshared Nobel Prize Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1983 Unmarried Foreign Member 29/06/1989 87 Sources: Obituaries: Times (05 September 1992); Independent (07 September 1992) Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1994 vol 40 pp 265-280, plate, by Nina V Fedoroff References: Digitized papers available at http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/LL/ International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 16 Jun 1902 - 2 Sep 1992 NA5972 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 1e25c5b5-4d56-45c2-bc4f-8cfe3ad450eb