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Stephen Moulton Babcock

Agriculture, General and Allied Sciences

Stephen Moulton Babcock, born October 22, 1843, and died July 2, 1931, was an American agricultural chemist best known for developing the Babcock test, a method for determining the butterfat content of milk that transformed dairy processing, and for the single-grain feeding experiment that helped establish nutritional science as a recognized scientific discipline.

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Birth Year
1843 1
Death Year
1931 1
Nationality
American 1
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1. Wikipedia: Stephen Moulton Babcock
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    Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 - 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist.
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    Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 - 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist.
  • Lead paragraph, nationality
    was an American agricultural chemist
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