Edward Mellanby

Edward Mellanby
Edward Mellanby in 1943
Born(1884-04-08)8 April 1884
West Hartlepool
Died30 January 1955(1955-01-30) (aged 70)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
SpouseMay Tweedy (married 1914)
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions

Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP[1] (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955)[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919.[10]

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  2. ^ Mellanby, E. (1930). "A Lecture on THE RELATION OF DIET TO HEALTH AND DISEASE: SOME RECENT INVESTIGATIONS". British Medical Journal. 1 (3614): 677–681. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3614.677. PMC 2312877. PMID 20775383.
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  8. ^ Dale, H. H. (1955). "Edward Mellanby 1884-1955". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 192–222. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1955.0015. JSTOR 769252.
  9. ^ "Edward Mellanby". Lancet. 268 (6859): 359–360. 1955. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(55)90098-2. PMID 13234383.
  10. ^ Mellanby, E. (1919). "An Experimental Investigation on Rickets". Nutrition Reviews. 34 (11): 338–340. doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1976.tb05815.x. PMID 794773.