Jack Drummond

Jack Drummond
Born(1891-01-12)12 January 1891
Newington, London, England, UK[2]
Died4 August or 5 August 1952(1952-08-05) (aged 61)
near Lurs, France
NationalityBritish
Other namesJack Cecil Spinks
Alma materQueen Mary, University of London
King's College London
Known fornaming of vitamins;
nutrition under wartime rationing
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Nutrition
InstitutionsUniversity College London
Academic advisorsOtto Rosenheim
Notes
There is much speculation over the identity of his murderer or murderers, and the motive behind the crime.

Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS[1] (12 January 1891 – 4/5 August 1952), known as a child as Jack Cecil Spinks, was a biochemist, noted for his work on nutrition as applied to the British diet under rationing during the Second World War. He was murdered, together with his wife and 10-year-old daughter, in what became known as the Dominici affair, on the night of 4–5 August 1952 near Lurs, a village or commune in the Basses-Alpes department (now Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) of Southern France.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b Young 1954, pp. 98–129.
  2. ^ Biography, angelfire.com. Accessed 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ Copping 1964, pp. 3–9.
  4. ^ Hollingsworth & Wright 1954, pp. 319–324.
  5. ^ Evans 1952, pp. 401–402.
  6. ^ SIR JACK DRUMMOND 1952, p. 243.
  7. ^ British Medical Journal 1952, pp. 394–396.