Jeffries Wyman (biologist)

Jeffries Wyman (June 21, 1901 – November 4, 1995) was an American molecular biologist and biophysicist notable for his research of proteins, amino acids, and on the physical chemistry of hemoglobin.
Wyman was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the first scientific advisor to the US Embassy in Paris, director of a regional science office in the Middle East for UNESCO, a founder and past secretary general of the European Molecular Biology Organization, professor of biology at Harvard.
Harvard University established Jeffries Wyman Fellowship in his name.

• 1901: born in West Newton, Massachusetts
• 1923: Harvard University, graduated with highest honors in philosophy and high honors in biology.
• 1926: Ph.D, University College London.
• 1928-1951: a professor of biology at Harvard University.
• 1955-1958: director of a regional science office in the Middle East for Unesco.
• 1958-1984: scientist at the Regina Elena and the Biochemistry Institute of the Sapienza University of Rome.
• 1984: retirement.
• 1995: dies in Paris, France.

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