Aykroyd, Wallace Ruddell

KJ Carpenter, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003421

1899–1979 British physician who studied nutrition problems in Newfoundland and India, and was a pioneer organizer of international collaboration in this field.

Keywords: international nutrition; beriberi; famine

 Further Reading
    book Aykroyd WR (1937) Human Nutrition and Diet. London: Butterworth.
    book Aykroyd WR (1975) The Conquest of Famine. New York: Dutton.
    Passmore R (1980) Wallace Ruddell Aykroyd. British Journal of Nutrition 43: 245–250.

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Carpenter, KJ(Apr 2001) Aykroyd, Wallace Ruddell. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003421]