Magnus Pyke
Magnus Alfred Pyke was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and different food manufacturers. He wrote prolifically and became famous as a TV and radio personality, and was featured on Thomas Dolby's 1982 synth-pop hit, "She Blinded Me with Science".
29 December 1908
Born on the same birth date (29 December 1908): Helmut Gollwitzer
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