death_date work_institutions field birth_date known_for doctoral_students article_title name alma_mater
03 april 2008 harvard university biochemistry 28 april 1935 enzyme catalysis hagan bayley jeremy r. knowles
 jeremy r. knowles oxford university
jeremy r. knowles

jeremy randall knowles , cbe , frs -lrb- april 28 , 1935 -- april 3 , 2008 -rrb- was a professor of chemistry at harvard university , was dean of the harvard university faculty of arts and sciences from 1991 to 2002 .
he joined harvard in 1974 , received many awards for his research , and remained at harvard until his death , leaving the faculty for a decade to serve as dean .
knowles died on april 3 , 2008 at his home .
in 2006 , he was selected by incoming interim president derek bok to return to his position as dean of the faculty of arts and sciences on an interim basis , replacing william c. kirby , who was ousted by now former president lawrence summers .
