Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton) Proudfit

Writing as Fairfax T. Proudfit, Fairfax Throckmorton Proudfit was an early 20th-century author in dietetics and nursing education. Her best-known books include Dietetics for Nurses and Nutrition and Diet Therapy, works that were published in multiple editions and used to teach the role of food and nutrition in patient care.

Information connected with editions of Dietetics for Nurses identifies her as an instructor and clinical dietitian associated with Memphis hospitals, and later editions of her nutrition texts were revised with Corinne H. Robinson. That publishing history suggests her work remained influential for many years as dietetics became a more established part of nursing and medical training.

Her writing is notably direct and practical. Rather than treating nutrition as an abstract science alone, she focused on how nurses and students could apply it in real clinical settings, which helps explain why her books continued to circulate long after their first publication.