Alan Glynn (bacteriologist)
Alan Glynn | |
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| File:EWS07.07.jpg Glynn in June 1998 | |
| Born | 9 May 1923 Hackney, London, England |
| Died | 2 April 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
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Alan Glynn (1923-2014) was a British physician and bacteriologist. Glynn was born in Hackney, London, on 9 May 1923, the son of Charlotte, née Fluxbaum, and Hyman Glynn, an accountant. His Jewish parents had arrived in London from Poland/ Russia as children in the 1890s.[1] He underwent National Service in the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1950, being stationed in occupied Hamburg, with the rank of captain.[1] From 1956 to 1958 he undertook clinical practise at St Mary's Hospital, London.[2] While there he became interested in bacteriology, eventually being made a professor in 1971 and head of the Department of Bacteriology in 1974.[2] He was director of the Central Public Health Laboratory from 1980 to 1988, when he retired.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath).[2] He died on 2 April 2014.[1]
References
External links
- Alan Glynn on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
