Lionel Bradley Pett

Lionel Bradley Pett (12 November 1909 – 2003) was a Canadian biochemist and nutritionist.[1][2][3]

Lionel Bradley Pett
Born12 November 1909
Died2003
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Scientific career
Fieldsnutrition, vitamins
ThesisThe enzymatic breakdown of phosphoric acid esters. (1934)

Academic career

Pett earned a BSA from Ontario Agriculture College, an MA and a PhD from University of Toronto before an MD from the University of Alberta. He worked at the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta before moving to the Nutrition Division of the Department of Pensions and Health in Ottawa, Ontario.

After his death, the questions were raised about the ethics of post-war experimentation he carried out with Frederick Tisdall involving First Nations communities.[4] The experiments appear to pre-date the 1966 seminal paper by Henry K. Beecher on the nature of informed consent and have become known as the First Nations nutrition experiments. Pett has been defended by his son.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. "University of Alberta: People". Ualbertacentennial.ca. 12 November 1909. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. "Lionel Bradley Pett Scholarships - Canadian Scholarships". Canadian-universities.net. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. Livingstone, Andrew (24 July 2013). "Son defends scientist behind aboriginal nutrition experiments". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. "Hungry Canadian aboriginal children were used in government experiments during 1940s, researcher says | Toronto Star". Thestar.com. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2014.


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