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.

Dr. Jeffries Wyman
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Born	(1901-06-21)June 21, 1901 Newton, Massachusetts
Died	November 4, 1995(1995-11-04) (aged 94) Paris, France
Children	Anne Cabot Wyman[6][7] Jeffries Wyman Jr[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Molecular Biology
Institutions	Harvard University Embassy of the United States, Paris European Molecular Biology Organization

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

References

• Alberti, Robert A.; Di Cera, Enrico (2003), "Jeffries Wyman", Biographical Memoirs, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 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, doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)71819-5, PMID 12426446.