Alan Norman Howard | |
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| Born | 16 March 1929 |
| Died | 24 June 2020 (aged 91) |
| Education | City of Norwich School, Downing College, Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Nutritionist and Philanthropist |
| Known for | The Cambridge Diet Howard Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Elizabeth (née Lee) m. 1952 d. 2008; Lydia (née Bentley) m. 2008 |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) 1968 Honorary Fellowship of Downing College, Cambridge, 1987[1] |
Alan Norman Howard (16 March 1929 – 24 June 2020) was an English nutritionist. His research interests were in the field of nutrition, initially in the nutritional relationships associated with coronary heart disease and the treatment of obesity and later into eye and brain nutrition. His inventions and patents related to very-low-calorie diets enabled him to establish the Howard Foundation. He died peacefully on 24 June 2020 in his holiday home in Cannes, France.[2]