Education
Harvard University; University College London.
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Jeffries Wyman
Edit Profilebiophysicist molecular biologist
Career
1901: born in West Newton, Massachusetts
1923: Harvard University, graduated with highest honors in philosophy and high honors in biology. 1926: Doctor of Philosophy, 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.
Achievements
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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 United States Embassy in Paris, director of a regional science office in the Middle East for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 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.
Membership
National Academy of Sciences.
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Nationality
American