Alonzo Engelbert Taylor (died May 20, 1949) was an American food researcher and educator. He served on the U.S. War Trade Board during

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. He taught at the

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and was director of the Food Research Institute at

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. He worked for

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from 1929 to 1945.

Early life

Alonzo Engelbert Taylor was born in Alden, Iowa, to Mrs. Louisa Taylor. He studied at

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and the

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. He graduated from the

with a

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in 1894 and he graduated from the

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with a

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in 1920.

Career

In 1899, Taylor joined the

as head of the medical department and as professor of pathology and physiological chemistry. In 1910, he left Stanford to work at

as a professor of physiological chemistry. In 1916, Taylor was an attaché at the United States Embassy in

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. He investigated food conditions throughout Germany. In May 1917, he began a study on investigating the use of grain in manufacture of intoxicants. From 1917 to 1919, he served as a scientific and economic adviser of the U.S. War Trade Board. After the armistice, he worked with

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, then director of the American Relief Administration, in the European relief effort. Taylor's focus was studying the defeated nations' dietary requirements. In 1921, Taylor joined Food Research Institute at

as director. He researched the international relations of food supplies. He remained in that position until 1936. In 1927, President

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appointed Taylor as a delegate to the Geneva World Economic Conference. In 1931, he was a consulting expert of the American delegation at the International Wheat Conference in London. In 1929, Taylor became a member of the research committee at

to improve nutritional values and diet for the general public. He was director of research for General Mills from 1936 to 1940. He then served as a consultant until 1945.

Works

These works of Alonzo E. Taylor are available via

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: * 1907
"On Fermentation"
''Pathology'' 1(8): 87 to 341, a University of California publication * 1912
''Digestion and Metabolism''
the physiological and pathological chemistry of nutrition for physicians and students * 1917: (with

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The Food Problem

Personal life

Taylor married Madeline Peck on November 2, 1899, in Chicago. She died at a Chicago hospital in 1912 after a fall from a fourth story window of the Auditorium Hotel. They had two sons and one daughter, Alonzo E. Jr., Morris P. and Mrs. Ellide Taylor Tyrrell. Taylor died on May 20, 1949, aged 78, at his home in

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. He was buried in Alden, Iowa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Alonzo E. Year of birth uncertain 1870s births 1949 deaths People from Hardin County, Iowa People from Philadelphia People from Palo Alto, California University of Pennsylvania alumni University of Wisconsin alumni University of California, Berkeley faculty University of Pennsylvania faculty Stanford University faculty General Mills people 19th-century American educators 20th-century American educators