About Charles Glen King
Charles Glen King (October 22, 1896 – January 23, 1988) was an American biochemist who was a pioneer in the field of nutrition research and who isolated vitamin C at the same time as Albert Szent-Györgyi. A biography of King states that many feel he deserves equal credit with Szent-Györgyi for the discovery of this vitamin. == Early life and education == King was born in Entiat, Washington on October 22, 1896 to Charles Clement King and Mary Jane Bookwalter. He entered Washington State University, then Washington State College, early, as his local one-room school did not have a twelfth grade. He initially studied geology and then switched to chemistry, and while studying he became a president of his undergraduate fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. World War I interrupted his college studies, where he served in the 12th Infantry Regiment, a heavy machine gun company. He did not receive his B.S. in chemistry until 1918. After graduation from Washington State College, King immediately departed for the University of Pittsburgh, earning his M.S. in chemistry in 1920 and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1923. From the outset of his graduate studies, the nascent field of vitamins interested him. == Career == King remained in Pittsburgh as a professor until 1942 when he left to become the first scientific director of the Nutrition Foundation in New York City, which worked to promote scientific and public health research, both in the U.S. and internationally.
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