biography
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| (1908–92)
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| biography:
| Food scientist and broadcaster, born in London, UK. He studied at Montreal and London, researched nutrition under wartime conditions for the Ministry of Food (1941–5), and worked in the distilling industry (1949–73). His lively and slightly eccentric manner, along with a gift for communicating scientific knowledge, led to his selection as a host for the television science series Don't Ask Me (1974–80). He wrote a number of scientific books for the layman, including Butter-side Up (1976) and Red Rag to a Bull (1983). |
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