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Edward Mellanby
British biochemist and nutritionist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP[1] (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955)[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919.[10]
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Born | (1884-04-08)8 April 1884 |
Died | 30 January 1955(1955-01-30) (aged 70) |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Spouse | May Tweedy (married 1914) |
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