Anthony Barrington "Barry" Kay (1939 – 30 December 2020)[1] was a British immunologist known for his research in asthma and allergy.
Kay was born in Northampton in 1939 to Tony Chambers, a manager at a washing machine company, and Eva Gertrude Pearcey, a dressmaker.
When he was young, his parents divorced and his mother remarried Harry Kay, a Jewish businessman in London.
[3] Kay completed house officer posts at Edinburgh City Hospital[2] before pursuing a PhD in immunology at Jesus College, Cambridge.
He also investigated the role of eosinophils in airway remodelling and pulmonary fibrosis, and the mechanisms of late-phase allergic reactions.