Philip B. Hawk

Philip Bovier Hawk (July 18, 1874 - September 13, 1966) was an American biochemist, nutritionist, and amateur tennis player.

[1] He worked as an assistant to Wilbur Olin Atwater in nutrition research at Wesleyan University (1898–1900).

[2] He taught at physiological chemistry the University of Illinois and toxicology at Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College.

[2] He was the author of the influential book Practical Physiological Chemistry published in 1907 that went through many editions.

[4][5] It contained biochemical methods and preparations that were used as laboratory exercises by medical students for more than half a century.