John Kendrew

John Kendrew

Born
John Cowdery Kendrew

(1917-03-24)24 March 1917
Oxford, England
Died23 August 1997(1997-08-23) (aged 80)
Cambridge, England
EducationClifton College
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forHaem-containing proteins
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsCrystallography
InstitutionsMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Peterhouse, Cambridge
Royal Air Force
ThesisX-ray studies of certain crystalline proteins : the crystal structure of foetal and adult sheep haemoglobins and of horse myoglobin (1949)
Academic advisorsMax Perutz
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsJames D. Watson (postdoc)[2]
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Air Force
Years of service1941–1945
RankWing Commander (RAFVR)
Battles/warsSecond World War

Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, CBE FRS[3] (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish Laboratory to investigate the structure of haem-containing proteins.

  1. ^ Huxley, Hugh Esmor (1953). Investigations of biological structures by X-ray methods : the structure of muscle. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. OCLC 885437514. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.604904.
  2. ^ a b c "John Kendrew academic genealogy". academictree.org.
  3. ^ Holmes, K. C. (2001). "Sir John Cowdery Kendrew. 24 March 1917 - 23 August 1997: Elected F.R.S. 1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 47: 311–332. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2001.0018. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-0028-EC77-7. PMID 15124647.

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