Edward Mellanby

Edward Mellanby
Edward Mellanby
	Edward Mellanby in 1943
Born	8 April 1884; West Hartlepool
Died	30 January 1955 (aged 70)
Citizenship	British
Alma mater	Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Spouse	May Tweedy (married 1914)
Awards	FRS (1925); Bisset Hawkins Medal (1929); Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1932); Royal Medal (1932); Buchanan Medal (1947);
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Sheffield; University of Cambridge;

Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955) was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919.

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