John Harvey Kellogg
John Harvey Kellogg (February 26, 1852 December 14, 1943) was an American medical
doctor in Battle Creek, Michigan, who ran a sanitarium using holistic methods, with a particular
focus on nutrition, enemas, and exercise. Kellogg was an advocate of vegetarianism and is best
known for the invention of the corn flakes breakfast cereal with his brother, Will Keith Kellogg.
Kellogg was born in Tyrone, Michigan,[2] to John Preston Kellogg (18061881) and Ann Janette
Stanley (18241893). John lived with two sisters during childhood. By 1860, the family had
moved to Battle Creek, Michigan, where his father set up a broom factory. John later worked as
a printer's devil in a Battle Creek publishing house