Kenneth Carpenter obituary

My father, Kenneth Carpenter, who has died aged 93, was an eminent nutritional scientist.

Born in London, Kenneth was the son of James, managing director of a chain of hardware shops, and Dorothy (nee George), a teacher. As a boy he horrified his parents by wasting his pocket money - as they saw it - on collecting antiques; he had a particular passion for English Delftware, of which he later presented some specimens to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.