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Discuss the life of Jeremy Knowles

By Crimson News Staff, Crimson Staff Writer

Jeremy R. Knowles, the former Royal Air Force officer who left England to join Harvard's Chemistry department in 1974 and quickly became a pillar of the University, leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for nearly 12 years, died Thursday April 3, after a prolonged struggle with prostate cancer. He was 72.



He died at his home in Cambridge, the University announced in a statement.



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