Max Perutz

Max Ferdinand Perutz (1914–2002) was a British and Austrian molecular biologist, chemist, and crystallographer. Born in Vienna, he died in Cambridge of cancer. He served as a university teacher at the University of Cambridge and the University of York. His doctoral advisors included John Desmond Bernal and William Lawrence Bragg, while his doctoral students were Francis Crick, David Mervyn Blow, and John Kendrew.

Perutz was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal, and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His published works include *Is Science Necessary?* and *La Science comme aventure humaine*.