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John Everton Ramsey Bronk (December 20, 1929 – December 31, 2007) was an American biologist based in England, specialising in the study of intestinal transport.

Bronk graduated from Princeton University in 1952, and then undertook a Rhodes Scholarship at Oriel College, Oxford University, conducting research under the supervision of Dr R B Fisher. He obtained his DPhil in biochemistry in June 1955.

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. In 1966 Bronk became the first professor of biochemistry at the University of York, becoming emeritus in 1997.

Personal life

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".

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

References

1. Who's who of British Scientists. Longman. 1980. ISBN 9780862290016.
2. ^ 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.

External links

• J. Ramsey Bronk on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website

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