Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin was a French lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of Belley, the city where he was born, but his opposition to the Jacobins during the French Revolution made it necessary for him to flee to Switzerland in 1792.
Funk, Casimir
Dr. Casimir Funk, who discovered that substances in food could prevent or cure certain diseases.
Glisson, Francis
Francis Glisson was a major contributor to an early pediatric text titled A Treatise of the Rickets. His work accurately described both rickets and infantile scurvy, but did not recognize the dietary causes of the diseases.
Goldberger, Joseph
Joseph Goldberger. In 1914 the U.S.
Graham, Sylvester
Sylvester Graham, a Presbyterian minister and reformer, is best known for his creation of the Graham cracker. He also put forth the idea that moderation is beneficial, and that certain foods and behaviors are detrimental to both physical and spiritual health.
Johnson, Howard
Howard Deering Johnson had very humble beginnings in the food service business. Although he is mostly known for his motel, hotel, and restaurant chains, it was his branded ice cream that gave him a spectacular start in the business.
Kellogg, John Harvey
John Harvey Kellogg was an influential spokesman for vegetarianism, a leader in the invention of nut- and soy-based meat substitutes, a surgeon, and, for over fifty years, the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. In partnership with his brother Will, he made the Kellogg name famous.
Kroc, Ray
Raymond Albert Kroc was born in Oak Park, Illinois, to Luis and Rose Kroc. He had two younger siblings, Robert and Lorraine.
Mellanby, Edward
The British physician and pharmacologist Sir Edward Mellanby was born in West Hartlepool, England, the youngest son of John Mellanby, a shipyard owner, and his wife Mary Isabella Lawson. Mellanby attended Barnard Castle School and Emmanuel College in Cambridge, England, where he studied physiology.
Pasteur, Louis
Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France, on December 27, 1822. He was the only son of Jean Pasteur, a poorly educated leather tanner.
Pauling, Linus
Linus Carl Pauling was born in Portland, Oregon, on February 28, 1901, to Herman and Lucy Pauling. Growing up in Oregon, Pauling and his family Two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling.
Pemberton, John S
John Stith Pemberton was born in Knoxville, Georgia, and spent his childhood in Rome, Georgia. He graduated from Southern Botanico Medical College of Georgia in 1850.
Rosenstein, Nils Rosén von
The title page to Nils Rosén von Rosenstein's The Diseases of Children and Their Remedies. The book includes advice for feeding infants, preventing disease in children, and curing some common illnesses.
Stark, William
William Stark (1741–1770) was born in Birmingham, England, of Scottish parentage. He obtained his medical degree at Leiden, Netherlands, in 1769.
Tulp, Nicolaas
The Dutch physician Nicolaas Tulp was born on October 11, 1593, in Amsterdam, Holland, the fourth child of a prominent merchant family. He was originally named Claes (Nicolas) Pieterz, but he later adopted the name Tulp, meaning "tulip." Tulp attended Leiden University in Holland, receiving his medical degree in 1614.
White, Ellen G
In her 1903 book titled Education, Ellen G. White wrote, "Grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables, in proper combination, contain all the elements of nutrition; and when properly prepared, they constitute the diet that best promotes both physical and mental strength." [AP/Wide World Photos.
Wilson, Owen
A portrait of Owen Wilson. In the preface of "The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies," Wilson said that other similar works focused on childrearing in cooler climates, and therefore were inapplicable to infants in the southern United States.