Professor Edward Mellanby, GBE, KCB, MD, FRCP, FRS (1884 – 1955) discovered vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets in 1919. He was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner, and educated at Barnard Castle School and Cambridge University. He was professor of pharmacology at the University of Sheffield, and consultant physician at the Royal Infirmary in that city. He would serve as the secretary of the Medical Research Council from 1933 to 1949.

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  • Professor Edward Mellanby, GBE, KCB, MD, FRCP, FRS (1884 – 1955) discovered vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets in 1919. He was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner, and educated at Barnard Castle School and Cambridge University. He was professor of pharmacology at the University of Sheffield, and consultant physician at the Royal Infirmary in that city. He would serve as the secretary of the Medical Research Council from 1933 to 1949. He was a fellow of the Royal Society. Publications include Nutrition and Disease - the Interaction of Clinical and Experimental Work . In the work, he writes extensively on vitamin deficiency. Further biographical information. Obituary - British Medical Bulletin
  • Edward Mellanby (1884-1955) était un pharmacologue britannique. Il a découvert la vitamine D en 1919, ainsi que le rôle de cette vitamine contre le rachitisme. Il était professeur de pharmacologie à l'université de Sheffield, et médecin-conseil à l'infirmerie royale de cette même ville. Mellanby a été secrétaire du Conseil de recherche médicale (Medical Research Council) de 1933 à 1949.
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  • Professor Edward Mellanby, GBE, KCB, MD, FRCP, FRS (1884 – 1955) discovered vitamin D and the role of the vitamin in preventing rickets in 1919. He was born in West Hartlepool, the son of a shipyard owner, and educated at Barnard Castle School and Cambridge University. He was professor of pharmacology at the University of Sheffield, and consultant physician at the Royal Infirmary in that city. He would serve as the secretary of the Medical Research Council from 1933 to 1949.
  • Edward Mellanby (1884-1955) était un pharmacologue britannique. Il a découvert la vitamine D en 1919, ainsi que le rôle de cette vitamine contre le rachitisme. Il était professeur de pharmacologie à l'université de Sheffield, et médecin-conseil à l'infirmerie royale de cette même ville. Mellanby a été secrétaire du Conseil de recherche médicale (Medical Research Council) de 1933 à 1949.
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  • Edward Mellanby
  • Edward Mellanby
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