by Kenneth Carpenter, a series of four articles. I found these long ago and they are really fascinating. It would be good to bring the story up to date but I suspect it will take a damn sight more than four papers to do that.
Episode 1 1785–1885
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/3/638/4688006
Part 2 (1885–1912)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/4/975/4688168
Part 3 (1912–1944)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/10/3023/4687555
Part 4 (1945–1985)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/11/3331/4817991
Sadly there won't be any more
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/12/kenneth-carpenter-obituary
Episode 1 1785–1885
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/3/638/4688006
Part 2 (1885–1912)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/4/975/4688168
Part 3 (1912–1944)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/10/3023/4687555
Part 4 (1945–1985)
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/133/11/3331/4817991
Sadly there won't be any more
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/12/kenneth-carpenter-obituary