Alice Copping, Senior lecturer in nutrition, Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, was born at Stratford, New Zealand, on 14 May 1906. Copping attended Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and graduated as Master of Science in 1926. She was awarded the Sarah Ann Rhodes scholarship the following year, and did two years of research work under J. C. Drummond at University College London. She then returned to New Zealand to lecture at the School of Home Science, University of Otago for a year, before returning to London to be personal assistant to Dame Harriette Church in the Division of Nutrition at Lister Institute. Queen Elizabeth College (QEC) had its origins in the Ladies (later Womens) Department of Kings College London, opened in 1885. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Stratford is the main town of the central Taranaki region, aptly named as the Stratford District. Situated directly inland from Mount Taranaki, Stratford is a rural service centre with a 2001 population of 5225. ... Victoria Universitys Kelburn Campus. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is a college of the University of London. ... The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealands oldest university with over 20,000 students enrolled during 2006. ...

Copping was employed as the editorial assistant of the periodical Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews from its inception in 1931, and for a period of nearly 20 years worked solidly for the Institute on research on topics such as Vitamin B complex, bread and wheat products, and wartime diets. In 1949 she was employed on the staff of Queen Elizabeth College, and became a senior lecturer during her time there. Copping was a consultant on nutrition education for the Food & Agriculture Organisation/World Health Organisation symposium in 1959, and in 1961 acted as chairman of programme for the Third International Congress of Dietetics in London. Vitamin B is a complex of several vitamins. ... Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... For other meanings of the acronym WHO, see WHO (disambiguation) WHO flag Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health. ...

References

• Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Expatriates - Biographies - Alice Copping