Roger J. Willams (biochemist)

Roger John Williams (August 14, 1893 - February 20, 1988) was a biochemist and author of many books and articles. He was a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was the first to isolate pantothenic acid. He and his colleagues in Austin also were among the first to isolate several other vitamins. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1919. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Publications

Many of Dr. Williams' books were published before the introduction of the International Standard Book Number or ISBN, and therefore do not have an ISBN.

• Williams, Roger John. Free and unequal; the biological basis of individual liberty. Austin, Univ. of Texas Press, 1953. xiii, 177 p. ill.
• Williams, Roger John. Biochemical individuality; the basis for the genetotrophic concept. New York, Wiley [c1956] 214 p. illus. 24 cm.
• Williams, Roger John. Biochemical individuality : the basis for the genetotrophic concept / Roger J. Williams ; with a new introduction by Jeffrey Bland. [1998 ed.]. New Canaan, Ct. : Keats Pub., 1998. xviii, 267 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0-87983-893-0
• Williams, Roger John. The encyclopedia of biochemistry, edited by Roger J. Williams and Edwin M. Lansford, Jr. New York, Reinhold [1967] xvii, 876 p. illus. 27 cm.
• The Biochemistry of B vitamins [by] Roger J. Williams [and others] New York, Reinhold Pub. Corp. [1950] x, 741 p. diagrs. 24 cm.

References

• In Memoriam: Roger John Williams, 1893-1988. The Journal of Applied Nutrition 1988; 40(2):121-125, copyright 1988, Int. Acad. Nutr. Prev. Med.
• University of Texas: Brief Biography of Roger J. Williams
• University of Texas: Memorials - Roger J. Williams