Graham Lusk
FRS(For) FRSE
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(February 15, 1866 - July 18, 1932)
was an American
physiologist
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, and
nutritionist A nutritionist is a person who advises others on matters of food and nutrition and their impacts on health. Some people specialize in particular areas, such as sports nutrition, public health, or animal nutrition, among other disciplines. In many c ...
. He graduated from
Columbia University
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, and from
University of Munich
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with a PhD. He was an expert on
diabetes
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. He was profoundly deaf from the age of 30.
Early life
He was born in
Bridgeport, Connecticut
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on February 15, 1866, the son of Prof.
William Thompson Lusk
William Thompson Lusk (May 23, 1838 – June 12, 1897) was an American obstetrician and a soldier who rose to the rank of Assistant Adjutant-General in the United States Volunteers during the first three years of the American Civil War. Afte ...
of Long Island College of Medicine and his wife, Mary Hartwell Chittenden.
His maternal grandfather was
U.S. Representative
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Simeon B. Chittenden
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States representative from New York.
Early life
Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (177 ...
.
He studied at
Columbia School of Mines
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, graduating M.A. in 1887. He did further postgraduate studies in
Germany
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under Professor Carl Voit at the
University of Munich
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gaining a doctorate (Ph.D.) in 1891.
Career
In 1892, he began assisting in lectures at
Yale Medical School
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The primary te ...
and in 1895 became Professor of Physiology there.
In 1898, he moved to
Bellevue Hospital
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,
New York City
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and in 1909 to
Cornell University
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where he remained until death. His papers are held at
Cornell University
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.
In 1899 (largely due to his father's Scottish roots), he was elected a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh
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. His proposers were
Diarmid Noel Paton
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Personal life and education
P ...
,
John Clarence Webster
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, Sir
John Batty Tuke and
Alexander Bruce. In 1932 he was also elected a Foreign Fellow of the
Royal Society of London
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.
He retired in 1931.
Personal life
In 1899, he married Mary Woodbridge Tiffany, a daughter of
Louis Comfort Tiffany
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.
Together, they were the parents of:
*William Tiffany Lusk (1901-1978), who married Katharine Adams.
*Louise Tiffany Lusk (1902-1994), who married Collier Platt.
*Louis Tiffany Lusk (1906-1969), who married Eloise Prentice.
Lusk died in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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Film and television
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on July 18, 1932.
Selected publications
''The Elements of the Science of Nutrition''(1906, 1917)
*''History of Nutrition'' (unfinished at death)
References
External links
*
*
National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir
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1866 births
1932 deaths
American diabetologists
American nutritionists
Columbia School of Mines alumni
American deaf people
Dietitians
Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Scientists with disabilities