# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilbur-olin-atwater
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:24:06.127Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/wilbur-olin-atwater"
name: "Wilbur Olin Atwater"
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description: "Wilbur Olin Atwater was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism, and is considered the father of modern nutrition research and education. He is credited with developing the Atwater system, which laid the groundwork for nutrition science in the United States and inspired modern Olympic nutrition."
tagline: "American agricultural chemist (1844–1907); developer of the respiration calorimeter"
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birthDate: "1844-05-03"
deathDate: "1907-09-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump