Jeffries Wyman
Jeffries Wyman ( August 11, 1814 - September 4, 1874 ) was an American scientist and anatomist .
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1837. He was appointed curator of the Lowell Institute , Boston in 1839 and was associated with that institute until 1842. The Lowell Institute enabled him to study in Europe from 1841 to 1842. Richard Owen was one of his teachers in London . The chair at Harvard Medical School that Jeffries Wyman had hoped for went to Asa Gray .
In 1843 he was appointed professor of anatomy and physiology at Hampden-Sydney College , Richmond, Virginia and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1863 he was a founding member of the National Academy of Sciences .
However, a series of letters he wrote to his Boston friend and colleague David Humphreys Storer between 1842 and 1848 demonstrate his dissatisfaction with the teaching establishment and his life in the southern states.
He was appointed to a chair in anatomy at Harvard College in 1847. He held this position until his death. He also became the first curator of the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology in 1866. He focused on comparative anatomy and published more than 70 scientific papers. In 1858 he was President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
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- ^ T. Appel: Wyman, Jeffries. In: American National Biography Online. (Anb.org)
- ^ G. Gifford: Twelve letters from Jeffries Wyman, MD Hampden-Sydney Medical College, Richmond, Virginia, 1843-1848. In: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 20 (4), Oct 1965, p. 315.
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| SURNAME | Wyman, Jeffries |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scientist and anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1814 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1874 |