[1] Bryceson was born in Kohat, North-West Frontier Province of British India, now part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
[2][1] In 1969, Bryceson married Ulla Skalts, a Danish architect, and they had two children: William, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Maia, a physiotherapist, both of whom later settled in Australia.
[2][1] Bryceson subsequently worked at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London and expanded his career to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Zaria, Nigeria, where he engaged in research activities.
[2][1] Bryceson's research in 1988 identified an early case of HIV-2, highlighting its longer incubation period compared to HIV-1.
[3] After retiring in 2000, Bryceson collaborated with Shoreland Travax, producing critiques for the online medical advisory platform.