Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian
Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian, born 1929, is the son of the deceased Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. He studied Biology at Reed College (BA 1952), and obtained an MS (1955) and PhD (1959) in Biological Sciences at Stanford University, where his research focused on marine physiology at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California, as well as in a Post-doctorate fellowship at University of California Berkeley. He did research work in membrane physiology, worked at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and founded the department of Physiology at Shiraz University (Iran, 1961-1967). A prominent academic in the United States, he was a professor and head of the Biology department at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he worked for 30 years, and visiting professor at Princeton University.
Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian | |
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| Born | Allah Verdi 1929 |
| Died | August 27, 2016 (aged 87) Princeton, NJ, USA |
| Nationality | Iran |
| Education | Doctorate in biology, Stanford University, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Reed College, Oregon, Stanford University |
| Occupation | Professor, Physiology, Rutgers University, retired |
| Era | Qajar |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Parvin Saidi |
| Children | Shahzadi Dellara Khanum Farman Farmaian Shahzadi Kimya Khanum Farman Farmaian. m. Michael Paul Harris |
| Parent(s) | Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Hamdam Khanoum Talai (originally Safar) |
| Relatives | Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian |
He has two daughters:
- Shahzadi Dellara Khanum Farman Farmaian.
- Shahzadi Kimya Khanum Farman Farmaian. m. Michael Paul Harris
See also
- Persia
- History of Persia
- History of Iran
- Qajar Dynasty of Iran
- Rutgers University
External links
- The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages
- Qajars Dynasty Turkoman dynasty of Shahs of Iran
Sources
- Daughter of Persia; Sattareh Farman Farmaian with Dona Munker; Crown Publishers, Inc., New York,1992
- Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince; Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian. Random House, New York, 1997.