Max Perutz

Max Ferdinand Perutz was a molecular biologist, chemist, and crystallographer who worked in biochemistry. He was educated at Peterhouse, the University of Vienna, the University of Cambridge, and Theresianum. Perutz served as a university teacher at the University of Cambridge and the University of York. He 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.

Born in Vienna in 1914, Perutz held citizenship in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. He spoke English and German. He received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Copley Medal, the Royal Medal, and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His doctoral advisors were John Desmond Bernal and William Lawrence Bragg. He supervised doctoral students including Francis Crick, David Mervyn Blow, and John Kendrew.

Perutz died of natural causes due to cancer in Cambridge in 2002. His work is recognized in the Royal Society, Nobel Laureates, Nobel Chemistry, and American Academy Arts Sciences collections. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.