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Elsie Widdowson CH CBE FRS (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000) was a British dietitian. She and Dr Robert McCance were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and war-time rationing in Britain during World War II.

birth date
1906-10-21
birth place
Wallington London
death date
2000-06-14
death place
Cambridgeshire, England, Cambridge
institution
Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Courtauld_Institute_of_Biochemistry
profession
Physician

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