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John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (born 1852)

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John Harvey Kellogg

American physician (1852–1943)

John Harvey Kellogg was an American businessman, inventor, physician, and advocate of the Progressive Movement. He was the director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, founded by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It combined aspects of a European…
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Corn flakes

Type of breakfast cereal

Corn flakes, or cornflakes, are a breakfast cereal made from toasting flakes of corn (maize). Originally invented as a breakfast food to counter indigestion, it has become a popular food item in the American diet and in the United Kingdom where over 6 million households consume…
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