Ian Glynn
Ian Michael Glynn
FRCP (3 June 1928 – 7 July 2022) was a British biologist[2] and a Fellow of the Royal Society
.
Glynn was educated at
University College London Hospital
.
He was Professor of Physiology,
professor emeritus. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
from 1955 (Vice-Master, 1980–86). He was editor of The Journal of Physiology, 1968—70.
His work on the 'sodium pump'[3] led to his election to the Royal Society[4] and to Honorary Foreign Membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Glynn was the author of An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind (2003) and Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity (2010).
Glynn died on 7 July 2022, at the age of 94.[5] He married Jenifer Franklin, daughter of Ellis Arthur Franklin and Muriel Frances Waley; her siblings included Rosalind Franklin, Colin Franklin and Roland Franklin.
References
- ^ Lew, Virgilio L.; Karlish, Steven J. D. (2023). "Ian Michael Glynn. 3 June 1928—7 July 2022". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 75.
- ISBN 978-0-262-58181-3. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-12-665045-7. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ISBN 9780854037155. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ^ "Ian Glynn, physiologist who studied the body's vital 'sodium pump' – obituary". The Telegraph. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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