J. Ramsey Bronk

J. Ramsey Bronk
Born	John Everton Ramsey Bronk (1929-12-20)20 December 1929 Pennsylvania, United States
Died	31 December 2007(2007-12-31) (aged 78) Oxford, England
Education	Princeton University (BA) Oriel College, Oxford (DPhil)
Employers	National Institutes of Health Columbia University University of York
Spouse	Sylvia Bronk
Children	2; including Christopher
Father	Detlev Bronk

John Everton Ramsey Bronk (20 December 1929 – 31 December 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 31 December 2007, in Oxford.

External links

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