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Jack Drummond

British biochemist (1891-1952) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 61

Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS, known as a child as Jack Cecil Spinks, was a biochemist, noted for his work on nutrition as applied to the British diet under rationing during the Second World War.

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Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Paris1948
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
Knight Bachelor

About this person

He was murdered, together with his wife and 10-year-old daughter, in what became known as the Dominici affair, on the night of 4-5 August 1952 near Lurs, a village or commune in the Basses-Alpes department of Southern France.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1891 to 1952 · aged 61