| John M. Bremner | |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Palm Desert, California, US |
| Fields: | Soil science |
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John McColl "Jack" Bremner (January 18, 1922 July 25, 2007) was a soil scientist and agronomy professor at Iowa State University. An expert on the chemical composition of soil, he was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Bremner grew up in Dumbarton, Scotland and attended Dumbarton Academy.[1] The son of a World War I veteran, Bremner had four older brothers and an older sister.
After earning an undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow, he completed two doctorates from the University of London - one in chemistry and another in soil science. Bremner spent several years at the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and then he became a faculty member at Iowa State University from 1959 to 1992. He had been named the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture in 1975.[1] He conducted research into the nitrogen and sulfur content of soil.[2]
Bremner met his wife Mary at Rothamsted and they had two children.[3] He was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1972 and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1984.[2] Bremner also received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1970.[4]
He retired from Iowa State in 1992.[5] He died in 2007 at his home in Palm Desert, California.[6] He was survived by his wife and two children.[3]