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, 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).