Background
Knowles, Jeremy Randall was born on April 28, 1935 in Rugby, England. Came to United States, 1974. Son of Kenneth Guy Jack Charles and Dorothy Helen (Swingler) Knowles.
Knowles, Jeremy Randall was born on April 28, 1935 in Rugby, England. Came to United States, 1974. Son of Kenneth Guy Jack Charles and Dorothy Helen (Swingler) Knowles.
Bachelor, Balliol College. Bachelor, Oxford University, England, 1958. Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, Christ Church, 1961.
Doctor honoris causa, University Edinburgh, 1992. Doctor honoris causa, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Switzerland, 2001.
Research fellow California Institute of Technology, 1961-1962. Fellow Wadham College, Oxford University, 1962-1974, university lecturer, 1966-1974. Visiting professor Yale University, 1969, 71.
Sloan visiting professor Harvard University, 1973, professor chemistry, 1974—2008, Amory Houghton professor chemistry and biochemistry, 1979—2008, dean faculty of arts and science, 1991—2002, interim dean faculty of arts and science, 2006—2007, distinguished service professor, 2003—2008. Newton-Abraham visiting professor Oxford University, 1983-1984. Honorary fellow Balliol College, Oxford University, Wadham College, Oxford University.
Trustee Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Author papers, reviews bioorganic chemistry.
Served as pilot officer Royal Air Force, 1953-1955. Fellow: Royal Society (Davy medal 1991), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Royal Chemical Society London (honorary Charmian medal). Member: National Academy of Sciences (foreign associate), American Philosophical Society, American Society Biological Chemists, American Chemical Society (Nakanishi award 1999, Bader award 1989, Cope Scholar award 1989, Repligen award 1992), Bio-chemical Society London.
Married Jane Sheldon Davis, July 30, 1960. Children: Sebastian David Guy, Julius John Sheldon, Timothy Fenton Charles.