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Blue Plaque honours South Cambs hero who masterminded World War 2 rationing
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image captionElsie Widdowson (centre) and colleagues tested the rations proposals in Cambridge in 1939
A scientific genius whose work shaped Britain s World War Two food rationing is being honoured with a blue plaque.
Elsie Widdowson and her colleague Robert McCance showed it was possible to live on a very simple diet of bread, vegetables and potatoes.
Food rationing began in early 1940. It gave each person a scientifically-devised weekly allocation of food.
The plaque is being unveiled at a former bakery near Dr Widdowson s home in Barrington near Cambridge.
image copyrightDr Margaret Ashwell
image captionRobert McCance (left) and Dr Widdowson (centre) enjoyed a 50/50 scientific partnership until Dr McCance s death in 1993, according to her biographer