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Daniel McGillivray Brown

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Daniel McGillivray Brown or Dan Brown (3 February 1923 – 24 April 2012; born Giffnock), was a Scottish nucleic acid chemist, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (1942), and a Fellow of the Royal Society (1982).[1][2] Brown was educated at the University of Glasgow, and King's College, Cambridge,[1] and he became a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Michael J. Gait (7 November 2018). "Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Daniel McGillivray Brown. 3 February 1923—24 April 2012". Royal Society. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Obituary: Dr Daniel Brown". The Herald. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2020. Dr Daniel Brown, who has died aged 89, was one of the leading UK organic chemists of the 20th century. His research was instrumental in helping his Cambridge University colleagues James Watson and Francis Crick uncover the double helix, the molecular structure of DNA, the substance which carries genes from generation to generation.
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