J. Ramsey 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.^[1]

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

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

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 31 December 2007, in Oxford.^[6][7]