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J. Ramsey Bronk
Born
John Everton Ramsey Bronk

(1929-12-20)December 20, 1929
Pennsylvania, United States
DiedDecember 31, 2007(2007-12-31) (aged 78)
Oxford, England
Alma mater
Employers
SpouseSylvia Bronk
Children2; including Christopher
FatherDetlev 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]

Personal life

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Bronk was the son of Detlev Bronk and Helen Alexander Ramsey. Brought up in Pennsylvania, he was described as a "lover of all things English".[4]

Bronk married an Englishwoman named Sylvia, with whom he had two sons Richard and Christopher.[5] He died on December 31, 2007, in Oxford.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Who's who of British Scientists. Longman. 1980. ISBN 9780862290016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Daphne Christie; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2000). Intestinal Absorption. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-1-84129-017-1. OL 12568271M. Wikidata Q29581641.
  3. ^ "J. Ramsey Bronk". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
  4. ^ Kellett, George. "Obituaries: John Ramsey Bronk (1929–2007)" (PDF). Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Memorial John Ramsey Bronk '52". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Princeton Class of 1952".
  7. ^ "John Ramsey Bronk" (PDF). Physiology News. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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