# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-mellanby
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:58.173Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-mellanby"
name: "Edward Mellanby"
slug: "edward-mellanby"
description: "Sir Edward Mellanby was a British biochemist and nutritionist who discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919."
tagline: "Medical scientist, discoverer of vitamin C (1884–1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Mellanby_1943.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1884-04-08"
deathDate: "1955-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.11
  momentum:             12.97676365920034
  historical:           8.276818666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "爱德华·梅兰比"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادوارد ملانبی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Edward Mellanby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mellanby"
    title: "Edward Mellanby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mellanby"
    title: "Edward Mellanby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mellanby"
    title: "Edward Mellanby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mellanby"
    title: "Edward Mellanby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D1%96"
    title: "Едвард Мелланбі"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump