Marion Robinson | |
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Born | Marion Frances Harrison 9 November 1923 |
Died | 25 February 2003 Dunedin, New Zealand | (aged 79)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Spouse |
James Roper Robinson
(m. 1951) |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1978) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nutrition, trace elements, physiology |
Institutions | University of Cambridge University of Otago |
Marion Frances Robinson CBE (née Harrison; 9 November 1923 – 25 February 2003) was a New Zealand nutritionist and physiologist. She was professor of nutrition at the University of Otago, and is particularly noted for her investigation of the importance of selenium in the human diet.