The Foundation and Early Years of the Dunn Nutritional Laboratory

In the 1920s and 1930s, the major source of funding for nutritional studies in Britain was the Medical Research Council (MRC). The council’s first ‘external’ research laboratory was devoted to nutrition: founded in Cambridge in 1927, it was christened the Nutritional Laboratory. ‘Dunn’ was added to the title in recognition of the donation of funds by the trustees of the estate of Sir William Dunn. ¹