BIOLOGIST

Elmer McCollum

1879 - 1967

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Elmer Verner McCollum (March 3, 1879 – November 15, 1967) was an American biochemist known for his work on the influence of diet on health. McCollum is also remembered for starting the first rat colony in the United States to be used for nutrition research. His reputation has suffered from posthumous controversy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elmer McCollum has received more than 131,804 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Elmer McCollum is the 1,029th most popular biologist, the 12,113th most popular biography from United States and the 164th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Elmer McCollum ranks 1,029 out of 1,097. Before him are Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Albert Charles Smith, Walter Buller, Ilkka Hanski, Karl Shuker, and David Prain. After him are Henry Weed Fowler, Anthony R. Hunter, Outram Bangs, Aristid Lindenmayer, Austin Stevens, and William Bartram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Elmer McCollum ranks 259. Before him are Björn Þórðarson, Terence MacSwiney, Albert Ireton, James Branch Cabell, Charles Thias, and King Baggot. After him are Gerald Logan, Vachel Lindsay, C. H. Douglas, Coenraad Hiebendaal, Julius Falkenstein, and Kathlyn Williams. Among people deceased in 1967, Elmer McCollum ranks 276. Before him are Anders Hylander, Carl Kempe, Alice Lake, Alexander Aitken, Grace Cunard, and Kaaren Verne. After him are George E. Stone, Georges Vanier, Harry Hines Woodring, Patrick Kavanagh, Tom Conway, and Stuart Erwin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elmer McCollum ranks 12,113 out of 20,380. Before him are Clarence Birdseye (1886), Kapiʻolani (1834), Lynn Whitfield (1953), Carol Yager (1960), Tom Daschle (1947), and Griffin Bell (1918). After him are Ellen Glasgow (1873), Black Francis (1965), Alyson Reed (1958), William Wirt (1772), Lisa Ann Walter (1963), and Daniel Harvey Hill (1821).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Elmer McCollum ranks 164. Before him are Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), and Albert Charles Smith (1906). After him are Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Outram Bangs (1863), William Bartram (1739), John Kunkel Small (1869), John Cassin (1813), and Charles B. Cory (1857).

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