Wyman, Jeffries (1814–1874)

US anatomist and ethnologist. The leading anatomist of his day, his published work, renowned for its precision and accuracy, included the first description of the gorilla's skeletal structure, but he is best known by later archaeologists for his pioneering excavations and reports of shell middens in Florida. Born in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Wyman lectured among other institutions at Harvard, where he was curator of what became the Peabody Museum (1866–74).

Wyman, Jeffries (1901–1995)

US molecular biologist. He made major contributions to studies of allosteric enzymes and haemoglobin and published extensively in scientific journals on the relationship of thermodynamics and electrostatics to biology.

Born in West Newton, Massachusetts, the grandson of Harvard anatomist and zoologist Jeffries Wyman (1814–74), he taught and performed research at Harvard (1928–51), became a scientific adviser to the US Embassy, Paris, France (1951–54), and then directed UNESCO's Middle East Science Office (1955–59). He relocated to the Regina Elena Institute in Rome, Italy (1960–84), where he remained active in research and scientific writing.