| Authorised form of name | Widdowson; Elsie May (1906 - 2000) |
| Surname | Widdowson |
| Forenames | Elsie May |
| Dates | 1906 - 2000 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
London, England (21 October 1906)
Death:
Cambridge (14 June 2000) |
| Activity | Profession:
Nutritionist
Research Field:
Dietetics
Education:
Sydenham County Secondary School; Imperial College, London
Career:
Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry at Middlesex Hospital (1932-1933); King’s College of Household and Social Science (1933-1938); Staff, Department of Experimental Medicine, Cambridge University (1938-66); Infant Nutrition Research Division (1966-1972); Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (1972-1988); President, British Nutrition Foundation (1986-1996)
Honours:
CBE 1979; CH 1993
Memberships:
Nutrition Society (President 1977-1980); Neonatal Society (President 1978-1981) |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
18/03/1976 |
| Published works | The Composition of Foods (1940) |
| Sources | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 483-506, plate, by M Ashwell |
| Royal Society code | NA5952 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/004900 | Widdowson, Elsie May | nd |
| IM/004901 | Widdowson, Elsie May | 1995 |
| S/0035 | Sculpture bust of Widdowson, Elsie | 1974 |
| MS/934/1 | Papers of Elsie Widdowson | 3 February 1937 - 10 June 2006 |
| EC/1976/39 | Widdowson, Elsie May: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1969 |
| IM/GA/JGRS/8249 | Widdowson, Elsie May | 1981 |
| CMB/281/18 | Papers passed for publication in the Proceedings | 1959 |
| MS/934 | Papers of Elsie Widdowson and Robert McCance from the Medical Research Council | 3 February 1937 - 10 June 2006 |