May Mellanby

[1] She recommended a diet high in Vitamin D and low in cereals to help teeth protect themselves against decay.

She studied at Girton College, Cambridge from 1902 to 1906, gaining the equivalent of a second-class in the Natural Sciences Tripos.

From 1906 to 1914 she was a research fellow and then lecturer at Bedford College, University of London.

[3] In 1914 she married Edward Mellanby, then a lecturer in physiology at King's College for Women.

In 1935 she and her husband were jointly awarded the Charles Mickle fellowship at Toronto University.