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 MellanbyGBE 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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