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A memorial service will be held for former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles on Friday, May 30 at 11 a.m. in Memorial Church.
Knowles, the former Royal Air Force officer who left England to join Harvard’s Chemistry department in 1974, led the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for nearly 12 years, died on April 3 after a prolonged struggle with prostate cancer.
The Crimson's obituary of Dean Knowles can be found here.
In 1836, Rev. Samuel Gilman, Class of 1811, had written his most famous hymn in honor of his alma mater’s 200th birthday. “Fair Harvard” would eventually become the melody sung at commencement and the centerpiece of a large and impressive collection of...
Knowles was a natural at the dean’s game of coaxing, cosseting, and cowing.