Alan Glynn (bacteriologist)
Professor Alan Glynn FRCP, FRCPath (1923-2014) was a British physician and bacteriologist.
Professor Alan Glynn FRCP, FRCPath | |
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Glynn in June 1998 | |
Born | Hackney, London, England | 9 May 1923
Died | 2 April 2014 90) | (aged
Nationality | United Kingdom |
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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
- "Munks Roll Details for Alan Anthony Glynn". Munks Roll. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2003). Foot and Mouth Disease: The 1967 outbreak and its aftermath. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-096-0. Wikidata Q29581674.
External links
- Alan Glynn on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website