McCollum, Elmer Verner

Kenneth J Carpenter, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002514

1879–1967 US nutritionist who pioneered the use of small animals in nutritional studies and discovered vitamin A.

Keywords: vitamin A; nutritional research; rickets; scurvy

Figure 1. Elmer Verner McCollum (1879–1967). Photograph courtesy of HG Day, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Indiana University.
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 Further Reading
    book McCollum EV (1957) A History of Nutrition. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
    book McCollum EV (1964) From Kansas Farm Boy to Scientist. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press.
    book Day HG (1974) Biographical Memoirs, vol. 45, pp. 263–334, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences.
    Rider AA (1970) Elmer Verner McCollum – a Biographical Sketch. Journal of Nutrition 100: 1–10.

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Carpenter, Kenneth J(Apr 2001) McCollum, Elmer Verner. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002514]