William Banting
1797–1878
Undertaker, St James’s Street, London. Lost 46 pounds after following a diet prescribed by a doctor; published a pamphlet entitled "A letter on corpulence, addressed to the public" (1863). This went through several editions, and "to bant" became a household word.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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