Peter Jaffrey Wheatley (1921 in Cheshire – 12 May 1997) was a British chemist, who published over 100 papers and 5 books on physical chemistry, crystallography and structural chemistry.
Wheatley was born in 1921. He was educated at King Edward VII School (photo) in Sheffield, where he was Head Prefect in 1938/1940, Captain of cricket for 2 years and 1st XI footballer for 4; and The Queen's College, Oxford, where he obtained a First in Chemistry, followed by a D.Phil as a Junior Research Fellow at Merton, working with Jack Linnett.