John Kendrew
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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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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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1917 births1997 deaths20th-century British biologists20th-century English biologists20th-century English physicistsAlumni of Trinity College, CambridgeBritish crystallographersBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireEnglish biophysicistsEnglish molecular biologistsEnglish Nobel laureates