James Caleb Jackson

James Caleb Jackson
Born(1811-03-28)March 28, 1811
DiedJuly 11, 1895(1895-07-11) (aged 84)
OccupationNutritionist
Known forInventing Granula
SpouseLucretia Edgerton Brewster
ChildrenJames Hathaway Jackson
RelativesKatharine Johnson Jackson (daughter-in-law)

James Caleb Jackson (March 28, 1811 – July 11, 1895) was an American nutritionist and the inventor of the first dry, whole grain breakfast cereal which he called Granula.[1] His views influenced the health reforms of Ellen G. White, a founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.[2]

  1. ^ William Lloyd Garrison (June 1, 1971). A House Dividing Against Itself 1836–1840. Harvard University Press. pp. 577–. ISBN 978-0-674-52661-7. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Ronald Numbers (1992). Prophetess of Health: Ellen G. White and the Origins of Seventh-Day Adventist Health Reform. University of Tennessee Press.