John Kendrew

Also known as John Cowdery Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, Kendrew, John C., J. C. Kendrew, John C. Kendrew, Kendrew, J.

English biochemist and crystallographer (1917–1997)

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John Kendrew was an English scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography to determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962. His groundbreaking work on the structure of myoglobin helped establish how scientists could visualize the molecular architecture of life's essential building blocks.

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Commons category: John Kendrew
date of birth: 1917-03-24
date of death: 1997-08-23
Erdős number: 7
name in native language: Sir John Cowdery Kendrew

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Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, CBE FRS (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.

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