Charles Glen King
Charles Glen King (born October 22, 1896 in Entiat , United States , † January 23, 1988 in the United States) was an American biochemist .
King isolated ascorbic acid from lemon juice in the same year as Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt .
In 1951 King was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
Publications (selection)
- A good idea: the history of the Nutrition Foundation , New York: Nutrition Foundation, 1976
- Food hints for mature people; more years to life, more life to years , New York, Public affairs committee, 1962
- Personality "plus" through diet; foodlore for teen-agers , New York, Public affairs committee, 1960
- Nutrition in relation to cancer , New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1947
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Glen King in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- US National Library of Medicine with a collection of documents on Charles Glen King
- Kenneth J. Carpenter: The Nobel Prize and the Discovery of Vitamins. nobelprize.org, June 22, 2004
- Charles Glen King, 1896 - 1988 Biography of John E Halver and Nevins Scrimshaw, National Academy Of Sciences Biographical Memoirs , Vol. 88, 2006 (pdf; 270 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pitt 225th Anniversary Timeline. In: pitt.edu. University of Pittsburgh , accessed February 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Fredrick J. Stare, Irene M. Stare: Charles Glen King, 1896–1988 . In: Journal of Nutrition . 118, No. 11, 1988, pp. 1272-1277.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Charles Glen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American biochemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Entiat , Washington , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1988 |
| Place of death | United States |