Wilbur Olin Atwater | |
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 Atwater's USDA portrait | |
| Born | May 3, 1844 |
| Died | September 22, 1907 (aged 63) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University (BA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Known for | Atwater system, studies of human nutrition and metabolism |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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Wilbur Olin Atwater (May 3, 1844 – September 22, 1907) was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism, and is considered the father of modern nutrition research and education. He is credited with developing the Atwater system, which laid the groundwork for nutrition science in the United States and inspired modern Olympic nutrition.[1]
Atwater was director of the first United States Agricultural Experiment Station at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and he was the U.S. Department of Agriculture's first chief of nutrition investigations.[2]
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- ^ "Wilbur Olin Atwater Papers | Special Collections". specialcollections.nal.usda.gov. Retrieved 2020-04-01.