Elsie May Widdowson CH CBE FRS
(1906-2000)
woman, nutritionist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Companion of Honour, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and dietician
Died aged 93
Wikidata WikipediaElsie Widdowson CH CBE FRS (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000), was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance, a pediatrician, physiologist, biochemist, and nutritionist, were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
Dr Elsie May Widdowson CH FRS 1906-2000 pioneer nutrition scientist. Developed and tested wartime rations, with bread made in the bakery formerly on this site. Lived in Barrington from 1938
, Barrington, United Kingdom where they lived