Manuscripts

"Funk or Hopkins? The father of vitamins"

Description: Clippings of obituaries for Sir Frederick G. Hopkins (1867-1947) crediting him as "father of vitamins"; Correspondence questioning this attribution. Copy of "Gowland Hopkins" by Ernest Baldwin [undated] a tribute to Hopkins. Copy of Voeding : Netherlands Journal of Nutrition, 20:8 (August 15, 1959)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1947-1959
Call number: mssFunk Collection
Creator: Funk, Casimir (1884-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Harrow, Benjamin, (1888-1970.); Funk, Ian C., (1915-1999.)
Associated organizations: U.S. Vitamin Corporation.; Funk Foundation.
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