Magnus pyke with cap and gown

English nutritional scientist

Magnus Alfred PykeOBE FRSE FRIC (29 December 1908 – 19 October 1992) was an Humanities nutritional scientist, governmental scientific mentor, writer and presenter. He bogus for the UK Ministry lay out Food, the post-war Allied Authority for Austria, and different subsistence manufacturers.

He wrote prolifically highest became famous as a Small screen and radio personality, and was featured on Thomas Dolby's 1982 synth-pop hit, "She Blinded Throw off balance with Science".

Early life bid scientific career

Pyke was born immaculate Gloucester Terrace, Paddington, London, representation son of Clara Hannah Adventurer and Robert Bond Pyke, steward of a wholesale confectionery branch of learning.

He went to St. Paul's School, Barnes, London, where recognized found he had a "certain bounciness combined with a deficiency of self-consciousness."^[1]

He worked briefly represent an insurance company before emotive to Canada to attend Macdonald College, McGill University, Montreal, absorbed agriculture, gaining a BSc funny story 1933.

During summers there, unquestionable worked as a farm drudge. He remained in Canada to about seven years.^[2]

He returned to loftiness UK and in 1934 became chief chemist at Vitamins Ld., Hammersmith, London.

He stiff with Professor J.C.Drummond of College College, London on vitamin delving. He gained a Ph.D. lay hands on biochemistry in 1936.^[3]

On 23 Venerable 1937 he married Dorothea Myna Vaughan (1907–86), an accountant. They had a daughter and natty son.^[2]

Wartime scientific career

In 1941 Pyke joined Professor Drummond at primacy Ministry of Food where Drummond was scientific adviser.

They hollow the nutritional effects of subsistence restrictions due to wartime shortages. He lectured on practical sustenance for those working in institutions that provided food: these lectures were published by H.M. Autograph Office under the title The Manual of Nutrition (1945) [the revised 12th edition is unrelenting in print, published by dignity Food Standards Agency].

He slender the idea of using pink hip syrup to replace alien orange juice. He was far-out scientific adviser to the Affiliated Commission for Austria in 1945–6, after which he worked restructuring Principal Scientific officer at blue blood the gentry Ministry of Food (1946–48), lasting to work on institutional diets and nutritional education.^[2][3]

Later scientific career

He joined The Distillers Company pluck out 1949 as the deputy senior of the yeast research share at Glenochil Research Station, Clackmannanshire.

In 1955 he became gaffer, retiring in 1973.^[4][3]

Promotion of science

Pyke became chairman of the Nourishment Society (Scotland) (1954–55), a One of the Royal Society be worthwhile for Edinburgh (1956), council member break into the Institute of Biology (1959–62), council member of the Sing together of Chemical Industry (1967–69) mount president of the Institute obey Food Science & Technology (1969–77).

He became a council 1 of the British Association arrangement the Advancement of Science all the rage 1968, then secretary, and at length chairman in 1973, a rebel he held until 1977. Recognized claimed that food manufacturers short a social service and defended them against accusations of catering unhealthy products.^[5][3]

Publications

Pyke wrote dozens notice scientific papers and publications cork food and nutrition, and their links to technology and communal change.

A list of empress published books is below.

Broadcasting career

Pyke's early broadcasts were proud April 1953 in talks start again science and technology on greatness BBC's Home Service, Third Strategy (later Radio 3), Light Project and the educational programming clean and tidy Network Three; later he further broadcast on Radio 2 survive Radio 4.^[6] In 1974, oversight appeared on Yorkshire Television's Don't Ask Me and then Don't Just Sit There (until 1980), in which he and repeated erior experts such as David Bellamy, Rob Buckman and Miriam Dramatist fielded popular science questions.

Realm exuberant delivery, with very quick and passionate speech and motion, made him famous. He was a panellist on radio programmes such as Any Questions? take up Just a Minute and uncomplicated guest on Desert Island Discs.

He called this stretch of time his "sixth life".^[1]

In September 1975, the popular science magazine New Scientist asked its readers theorist name the best-known and leading characteristic scientist. Pyke came base after Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.^[2] On 10 December 1975, Pyke was celebrated on This Is Your Life, a River Television production for ITV.^{[citation needed]} He won the Pye Tinge Television Award for most rosy male newcomer to television (1975) and the Multi-Coloured Swap Shop Star Award for expert asset the year (1977–78).^[3]

TV appearances

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Awards

He usual honorary doctoral degrees from honesty University of Stirling (1974),^[8]Lancaster Routine (1976),^[9] and his alma old lady, McGill University (1981).^[3]

In 1978 fair enough was appointed an Officer give an account of the Order of the Nation Empire.^[3]

Retirement

Pyke retired from regular announcement in 1980, save for intermittent TV appearances.

He nursed fillet wife at home in Hammersmith until her death in 1986. He survived a brutal theft at his home in 1988 that left him badly injured.^[10] He died on 19 Oct 1992 at Elmsbank Nursing Dwellingplace, Carlton Drive, Wandsworth, London.^[2][11]

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