Elder, Albert

Elder, Albert L., Ewing C. Scott, and Frank A. Kanda. Textbook of Chemistry, revised edition. New York Harper Brothers Publishers, 1948. 

His call inspired Lady Eve Balfour (Fig. 1.1) to undertake the Haughley experiment. At the age of 12, in 1910, she had already decided to become a farmer. By 1919, armed with an Agricultural Diploma from the University of Reading, she and her elder sister were farming at Haughley, in Suffolk. In 1938 she met Sir Albert Howard and was deeply influenced by his ideas. Her interest went beyond the health of the soil, incorporating nutritional ideas of healthy diet based on whole foods grown in healthy soil. 

Watson RR, Prabhala RH, Plezia PM, Alberts DS (1991) Effect of beta-carotene on lymphocyte subpopulations in elderly humans evidence for a dose-response relationship. Am J Clin Nutr 53 90-94... 

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