Ian Glynn

Ian Michael Glynn FRS FRCP (3 June 1928 – 7 July 2022) was a British biologist^[1] and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

He was Professor of Physiology, University of Cambridge,^[2] 1986–95, and was later 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. Glynn was the author of An Anatomy of Thought: The Origin and Machinery of the Mind (2003) and Elegance in Science: The beauty of simplicity (2010).

Glynn died on 7 July 2022, at the age of 94.^[5]

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. 21 December 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. ISBN 9780854037155. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
5. "Ian Glynn, physiologist who studied the body's vital 'sodium pump' – obituary". The Telegraph. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.