| ProfessorAlan GlynnFRCP FRCPath | |
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 Glynn in June 1998 | |
| Born | (1923-05-09)9 May 1923 Hackney, London, England |
| Died | 2 April 2014(2014-04-02) (aged 90) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
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Alan Glynn (1923-2014) was a British physician and bacteriologist.
Glynn was born in Hackney, London, on 9 May 1923, the son of Charlotte, nÊe Fluxbaum, and Hyman Glynn, an accountant. His Jewish parents had arrived in London from Poland/ Russia as children in the 1890s.
He underwent National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1950, being stationed in occupied Hamburg, with the rank of captain.
From 1956 to 1958 he undertook clinical practise at St Mary's Hospital, London. While there he became interested in bacteriology, eventually being made a professor in 1971 and head of the Department of Bacteriology in 1974.
He was director of the Central Public Health Laboratory from 1980 to 1988, when he retired.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).
He died on 2 April 2014.
References
- ^ "Munks Roll Details for Alan Anthony Glynn". Munks Roll. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003). Foot and Mouth Disease: The 1967 outbreak and its aftermath. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-096-0. OL 11612220M. Wikidata Q29581674.
External links
- Alan Glynn on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
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