Jack Drummond
Jack Drummond FRS | |
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| Born | 12 January 1891 Newington, London, England, UK |
| Died | 4 August or 5 August 1952 (aged 61) near Lurs, France |
| Other names | Jack Cecil Spinks |
| Education | Queen Mary, University of London King's College London |
| Known for | naming of vitamins; nutrition under wartime rationing |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Nutrition |
| Institutions | University College London |
| Academic advisors | Otto Rosenheim |
| Notes | |
There is much speculation over the identity of his murderer or murderers, and the motive behind the crime. | |
Sir Jack Cecil Drummond FRIC, FRS (12 January 1891 – 4/5 August 1952), 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. 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 (now Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) of Southern France.