page_title: Edward Mellanby
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Mellanby
caption_attribution_description: Sir Edward Mellanby.
context_page_description: Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919.
context_section_description: Sir Edward Mellanby GBE KCB FRS FRCP (8 April 1884 – 30 January 1955) discovered vitamin D and its role in preventing rickets in 1919.
caption: Edward Mellanby in 1943
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