Sir Kenneth Blaxter

Sir Kenneth Lyon Blaxter FRS PRSE FIBiol (19 June 1919 – 18 April 1991) was an English animal nutritionist.

Biography

Early life Blaxter was born on 19 June 1919 in Sprowston, England and grew up in Norfolk. Soon after, he enrolled in day classes in agriculture at the Norfolk County Council, winning the class prize for the highest mark.

In 1965, Blaxter was appointed director of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. There, Blaxter and his team of researchers studied topics of importance to the Scottish farmer, human nutrition, and was knighted in 1977. and acted as its president from 1979 to 1982.

Blaxter was also the recipient of honorary doctorates from Queen's University in Belfast, the Agricultural University in Norway, the University of Leeds, the University of Aberdeen and the University of Newcastle. they had three children together. Blaxter was also an avid amateur painter.