J. Ramsey Bronk | |
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Born | John Everton Ramsey Bronk December 20, 1929 Pennsylvania, United States |
Died | December 31, 2007 Oxford, England | (aged 78)
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Spouse | Sylvia Bronk |
Children | 2; including Christopher |
Father | Detlev Bronk |
John Everton Ramsey Bronk (December 20, 1929 – December 31, 2007) was an American biologist based in England, specialising in the study of intestinal transport.[1]
Bronk graduated from Princeton University in 1952,[2] and then undertook a Rhodes Scholarship at Oriel College, Oxford University, conducting research under the supervision of Dr R B Fisher.[2] He obtained his DPhil in biochemistry in June 1955.[2]
Bronk then worked for the National Institutes of Health as a research scientist until 1958. In 1958 he joined the academic staff of the department of zoology at Columbia University, spending the 1964–1965 academic year as a Guggenheim Fellow at Oxford, under Dr D S Parsons.[2][3] In 1966 Bronk became the first professor of biochemistry at the University of York, becoming emeritus in 1997.[2]