Elsie Widdowson
1906 - 2000
Personal Information
Born: 1906
Died: 2000
Professional Life
Food scientist :: was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance, a pediatrician, physiologist, biochemist, and nutritionist, were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II.[2]