Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian

Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian, born 1929, is the son of the deceased Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. He studied Biology at Reed College (BA 1952), and obtained an MS (1955) and PhD (1959) in Biological Sciences at Stanford University, where his research focused on marine physiology at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California, as well as in a Post-doctorate fellowship at University of California Berkeley. He did research work in membrane physiology, worked at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and founded the department of Physiology at Shiraz University (Iran, 1961-1967). A prominent academic in the United States, he was a professor and head of the Biology department at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he worked for 30 years, and visiting professor at Princeton University.

Allah Verdi Mirza Farman Farmaian
Born
Allah Verdi

1929
DiedAugust 27, 2016(2016-08-27) (aged 87)
Princeton, NJ, USA
NationalityIran
EducationDoctorate in biology, Stanford University, 1959
Alma materReed College, Oregon, Stanford University
OccupationProfessor, Physiology, Rutgers University, retired
EraQajar
Spouse(s)Dr. Parvin Saidi
ChildrenShahzadi Dellara Khanum Farman Farmaian
Shahzadi Kimya Khanum Farman Farmaian. m. Michael Paul Harris
Parent(s)Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and Hamdam Khanoum Talai (originally Safar)
RelativesKhodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian, Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian

He has two daughters:

  • Shahzadi Dellara Khanum Farman Farmaian.
  • Shahzadi Kimya Khanum Farman Farmaian. m. Michael Paul Harris

See also

Sources
  • Daughter of Persia; Sattareh Farman Farmaian with Dona Munker; Crown Publishers, Inc., New York,1992
  • Blood and Oil: Memoirs of a Persian Prince; Manucher Mirza Farman Farmaian. Random House, New York, 1997.
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