Kellogg, John Harvey

(born Feb. 26, 1852, Tyrone, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 14, 1943, Battle Creek, Mich.) U.S. breakfast-cereal manufacturer. Kellogg was a physician and vegetarian who in 1876 helped found a Seventh-Day Adventist sanitarium in Battle Creek, Mich. There he developed various nut and vegetable products, including a flaked-wheat cereal to serve to patients, one of whom was C.W. Post. Kellogg's pioneering work was largely responsible for the creation of the flaked-cereal industry. His younger brother, W.K., founded the W.K. Kellogg Co. in 1906.

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