Stephen Moulton Babcock

Stephen Moulton Babcock
Babcock in 1903
Born	22 October 1843 Oneida County, New York
Died	2 July 1931 (1931-07-03) (aged 87) Madison, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts College (B.S., 1866) Cornell University University of Göttingen (Ph.D., 1879)
Known for	the Babcock test for butterfat
Scientific career
Fields	agronomy chemistry
Institutions	New York Agricultural Experiment Station University of Wisconsin–Madison
Doctoral advisor	Hans Hübner[1]

Stephen Moulton Babcock (22 October 1843 – 2 July 1931) was an American agricultural chemist. He is best known for developing the Babcock test, used to determine butterfat content in milk and cheese processing, and for the single-grain experiment that led to the development of nutritional science as a recognized discipline.