Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918), dietitian and businessman, was born at 43 Rumford Street, Hulme, Lancashire, on 29 March 1858, the son of Thomas Allinson, a bookkeeper, and his wife, Ellen (formerly Sims). He left school at fifteen and, aiming to be a doctor, he subsidized his studies by becoming a chemist's assistant. In 1879 he graduated LRCP (...
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Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918), dietitian and businessman
T. A. B. Corley
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Allinson, Thomas Richard (1858–1918)
Maker: Ray
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Thomas Richard Allinson (1858–1918) by Ray, pubd 1911 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Banting, William (1796/7–1878), writer on diet
Robert Harrison
revised by Virginia Smith
Banting, William (1796/7–1878), writer on diet, was a funeral director in St James's Street, London. He may have been the William Banting, son of Thomas Banting and his wife, Ann, who was baptized at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, in December 1796. On 20 January 1818 he married at ...
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Chick, Dame Harriette (1875–1977), nutritionist
H. M. Sinclair
revised by David F. Smith
Chick, Dame Harriette (1875–1977), nutritionist, was born at 5 Newman Street, London, on 6 January 1875, the fifth child and third daughter of the eleven children (four boys and seven girls) of Samuel Chick, a prosperous lace merchant and property owner, and his wife, ...
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Chick, Dame Harriette (1875–1977)
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Dame Harriette Chick (1875–1977) by Elliott & Fry © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cuthbertson, Sir David Paton (1900–1989), medical researcher and nutritionist
Adam Fleck
revised
Cuthbertson, Sir David Paton (1900–1989), medical researcher and nutritionist, was born on 9 May 1900 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, the only child of John Cuthbertson MBE FRSE, secretary of the West of Scotland Agricultural College, and his wife, Lilias Ann Bowman, formerly matron of ...
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Drummond, Sir Jack Cecil (1891–1952), nutritional biochemist
H. M. Sinclair
revised by Peter Osborne
Drummond, Sir Jack Cecil (1891–1952), nutritional biochemist, was born at 9 South Place, Kennington, London, on 12 January 1891, the son of Nora Gertrude McQuie (1868–1893), who was the daughter of Peter Brookshaw McQuie, an accountant. His father, not named on his birth certificate, was ...
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Drummond, Sir Jack Cecil (1891–1952)
Maker: Walter Stoneman
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Sir Jack Cecil Drummond (1891–1952), by Walter Stoneman, 1944
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Grant [née Cruickshank], Doris Margaret Louise (1905–2003), nutritionist
Anne Pimlott Baker
Grant [née Cruickshank], Doris Margaret Louise (1905–2003), nutritionist, was born on 23 January 1905 in North Sandlaw, Aloah, Banff, Scotland, the youngest in the family of two sons and three daughters of William Cruickshank, a businessman who had returned from China to buy a farm and settle in ...
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Hollingsworth, Dorothy Frances (1916–1994), nutritionist and civil servant
David F. Smith
Hollingsworth, Dorothy Frances (1916–1994), nutritionist and civil servant, was born on 10 May 1916 at 15 Honister Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne, the daughter of Arthur Hollingsworth, pharmacist, and his wife, Dorothy Coldwell. After secondary education at Newcastle upon Tyne Church High School she entered ...
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Howard, Alan Norman (1929–2020), nutritionist
Michael John Denham
Howard, Alan Norman (1929–2020), nutritionist, was born on 16 March 1929 at 65 Eade Road, Norwich, the elder son of Leonard Arthur Howard (1903–1980), a shoe pressman, later a draper’s salesman, and his wife Elsie Lilian, née Atkins (1903–1997), a tailor. His brother, ...
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Johnston, John Lawson (1839–1900), nutrition promoter and food manufacturer
John Armstrong
Johnston, John Lawson (1839–1900), nutrition promoter and food manufacturer, was born in Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, on 28 September 1839, the eldest son of William Johnston and his wife, Jane, née McWilliam. His father was employed in the nearby gunpowder works until he was injured, after which he worked as a cobbler. ...
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Johnston, John Lawson (1839–1900)
Maker: Elliott & Fry
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John Lawson Johnston (1839–1900) by Elliott & Fry, pubd 1900 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Kodicek, Egon Hynek (1908–1982), biochemist and nutritionist
C. J. W. Brooks
Kodicek, Egon Hynek (1908–1982), biochemist and nutritionist, was born on 3 August 1908 in Kamenny Ujezd, Bohemia, the son of Emma and Samuel Kodicek. In 1915 his father, a doctor, moved with the family to Budweis, as medical chief of the military hospital there. ...
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Leitch, Isabella (1890–1980), nutritional physiologist
Ann Silver
Leitch, Isabella (1890–1980), nutritional physiologist, was born on 13 February 1890 at Lambreck Cottage, Grantown-on-Spey, Moray, in Scotland. She was the third of six daughters (a son was stillborn) of John Leitch (d. 1907) and his wife, Isabella McLennan. At the time of her birth her father was a postmaster. He resigned when expected to deliver telegrams on the sabbath, and later worked as a marine engineer. ...
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McCarrison, Sir Robert (1878–1960), army medical officer and nutritional physiologist
H. M. Sinclair
revised by Andrew A. G. Morrice
McCarrison, Sir Robert (1878–1960), army medical officer and nutritional physiologist, was born in Portadown, co. Armagh, on 15 March 1878, the second son of Robert McCarrison, a flax buyer, and his wife, Agnes McCullagh. He received his medical education at Queen's College, Belfast...
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Mottram, Vernon Henry (1882–1976), physiologist and nutritionist
David F. Smith
Mottram, Vernon Henry (1882–1976), physiologist and nutritionist, was born at Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, on 14 March 1882, the youngest of three sons of William Mottram, a Congregational minister, and his second wife, Elizabeth Fruen, a schoolmistress. The family also included two sisters and a half-brother. ...
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Orr, John Boyd, Baron Boyd Orr (1880–1971), nutritional physiologist
K. L. Blaxter
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Orr, John Boyd, Baron Boyd Orr (1880–1971), nutritional physiologist, was born on 23 September 1880 at Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, the middle child in the family of seven (a sister and two brothers were older and two brothers and a sister younger) of Robert Clark Orr...
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Orr, John Boyd, Baron Boyd Orr (1880–1971)
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John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd Orr (1880–1971) by Lida Moser, 1949 courtesy Vincent Cianni Photographs / Lida Moser
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Sinclair, Hugh Macdonald (1910–1990), nutritionist
Brian B. Lloyd
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Sinclair, Hugh Macdonald (1910–1990), nutritionist, was born on 4 February 1910 at Duddingston House, Edinburgh, the second son and youngest of four children of Colonel Hugh Montgomerie Sinclair, of the Royal Engineers, and his wife, Rosalie Sybil, daughter of Sir John Jackson, civil engineer and MP. He was educated at ...
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