Edward Mellanby
British biochemist
Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919. Wikipedia
Born: April 8, 1884, West Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Died: January 30, 1955 (age 70 years), Mill Hill, United Kingdom
Partner: May Mellanby
Education: University of Cambridge, St Thomas' Hospital, Barnard Castle School, and more
Awards: Fellow of the Royal Society (1925), Bisset Hawkins Medal (1929), Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1932), and more
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