author
Walter Hollis Eddy
1877–1959
A science writer and educator from the early days of vitamin research, this author helped explain a fast-changing new field to students and general readers alike. His books on nutrition and health made complex laboratory findings feel practical and accessible.
1 Audiobook
The Vitamine Manual
by Walter Hollis Eddy
About the author
Walter Hollis Eddy was an American writer, teacher, and researcher whose published work centered on physiology, nutrition, and vitamins. Records for his books place him at Teachers College, Columbia University, and his 1921 The Vitamine Manual identifies him with the Department of Physiological Chemistry there.
His writing arrived at a moment when vitamins were still a new scientific idea. In The Vitamine Manual and later works such as Vitaminology, he set out to gather the essential findings of the field and explain what they meant for health, diet, and disease. Other listed works, including Nutrition, show how strongly he focused on turning emerging science into useful knowledge for a broader audience.
Eddy was born in 1877 and died in 1959. Today he is remembered mainly through his books, which capture an important period in the history of nutrition science, when researchers were beginning to understand the role of vitamins in everyday life.