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,[1][2][3][4][5] including the classic Monod-Wyman-Changeux model.

Portrait. Credit:Wellcome Images

Wyman was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[4] the first scientific advisor to the US Embassy in Paris,[3] director of a regional science office in the Middle East for UNESCO,[3] a founder and past secretary general of the European Molecular Biology Organization,[1] professor of biology at Harvard.[2] Harvard University established Jeffries Wyman Fellowship in his name.[3]

Chronology

• 1901: born in West Newton, Massachusetts
• 1923: Harvard University, graduated with highest honors in philosophy and high honors in biology.[4]
• 1926: Ph.D, University College London.[4]
• 1928-1951: a professor of biology at Harvard University.[2]
• 1955-1958: director of a regional science office in the Middle East for Unesco.[3]
• 1958-1984: scientist at the Regina Elena and the Biochemistry Institute of the Sapienza University of Rome.
• 1984: retirement.
• 1995: dies in Paris, France.

See also

• Gaetano Fichera

Notes

1. Obituary of the New York Times (9 November 1995).
2. Harvard University:Wyman, Jeffries, 1901-1995. Papers of Jeffries Wyman, 1957-1985 : an inventory Harvard University Archives
3. "Harvard University:First Jeffries Wyman Fellow Selected". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
4. (Alberti & Di Cera 2003).
5. (Simoni & Vaughan 2002) harv error: no target: CITEREFSimoniVaughan2002 (help).

References

• Alberti, Robert A.; Di Cera, Enrico (2003), "Jeffries Wyman", Biographical Memoirs, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 83, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 362–377, ISBN 0-309-08699-X, ISSN 0077-2933 (ISBN 0-309-52769-4 for the PDF edition).
• NY Times (November 9, 1995), "Jeffries Wyman, Molecular Biologist, 94", The New York Times, retrieved 3 November 2012.
• Simoni, R. D.; Hill, R. L.; Vaughan, M. (2002), "Protein chemistry and the development of allosterism: Jeffries Wyman", The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277 (46): E34, PMID 12426446.