Henry Clapp Sherman

Henry Clapp Sherman (October 16, 1875 – October 7, 1955) was an American food chemist and nutritionist. He was a professor of chemistry at Columbia University and the president of the American Society of Biological Chemists.

Biography Sherman was born in Ash Grove, Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1893, a Master of Science degree from Columbia University in 1896 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1897.

He died in East Greenbush, New York on October 7, 1955.

Personal life He married Cora Aldrich Bowen on September 9, 1903. They had four children: Phoebe (deceased, 1929), Henry Alvord (chemical engineer), William Bowen (medicine, deceased, 1971), and Caroline Clapp (biochemist, Mrs. Oscar E. Lanford, Jr.). 1947 Franklin Medal 1949 Chandler Medal, Columbia University 1950 Borden Award, American Institute of Nutrition Food Products (1914, 1948) Methods of Organic Analysis (1915) The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition (1918) The Vitamins (1929, with Sybil Laura Smith) The Science of Nutrition (1943) Foods: Their Values and Management (1946) Food and Health (1947) Calcium and Phosphorus in Foods and Nutrition (1947) The Nutritional Improvement of Life (1950) Essentials of Nutrition (1951)