Ian Glynn

Ian Michael Glynn FRS FRCP (born 3 June 1928) is a British biologist[1] and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge,[2] 1986–95, and is now Professor Emeritus. He has been a Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge since 1955 (Vice-Master, 1980–86).

Education: City of London School; Trinity College, Cambridge; University College, London Hospital.

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.

He is the author of An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind (2003) and Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity (2010).

References
  1. Hameroff, Stuart R.; Kaszniak, Alfred W.; Chalmers, David John (1999). Toward a science of consciousness III: the third Tucson discussions and debates. MIT Press. pp. 345–. ISBN 978-0-262-58181-3. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "Animal Rights Activists Firebomb Stores". The Mount Airy News. December 21, 1988. p. 1. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. Stein, Wilfred D. (1990). Channels, carriers, and pumps: an introduction to membrane transport. Academic Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-12-665045-7. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. Royal Society (2009). Year-book of the Royal Society of London. Harrison and Sons. p. 232. Retrieved 26 September 2011.


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