Geoffrey H. Bourne, Ph.D

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Geoffrey Bourne, in full Geoffrey Howard Bourne (born Nov. 17, 1909, Perth, Western Australia, Australia—died July 19, 1988, New York, N.Y., U.S.), Australian-born American anatomist whose studies of the mammalian adrenal gland made him a pioneer in the chemistry of cells and tissues (histochemistry).

Bourne was educated at the University of Oxford (D.Sc., 1935; Ph.D., 1943), where he was a demonstrator in physiology from 1941 to 1947. From 1947 to 1957 he served as reader in histology at the University of London. He was chairman of the anatomy department at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. (1957–62). He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1962. From 1962 to 1978 he served as director of the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Atlanta. In 1978 he became the vice chancellor and professor of nutrition at St. George’s University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies.

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