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Sir John Cowdery Kendrew: Quick Facts

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Born March 24, 1917 • Oxford • England
Died August 23, 1997 (aged 80) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1962)
Subjects Of Study myoglobin • protein

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Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
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Israeli protein crystallographer Ada Yonath
Ada Yonath
Israeli biochemist
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Thomas Steitz
American biophysicist and biochemist
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George P. Smith
American biochemist
Fenn, John B.
John B. Fenn
American scientist
Tiselius, oil painting by William Fleetwood, 1965; in Gripsholm Castle, Mariefred, Swed.
Arne Tiselius
Swedish biochemist
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William H. Stein
American biochemist
Anfinsen, Christian B.
Christian B. Anfinsen
American biochemist
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Stanford Moore
American biochemist
Frederick Sanger, 1993
Frederick Sanger
British biochemist
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Richard Henderson
British biologist
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Gregory P. Winter
British biochemst
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Venki Ramakrishnan
Indian-born physicist and molecular biologist
Max Ferdinand Perutz (left) and John Cowdery Kendrew, 1962.
Max Ferdinand Perutz
British biochemist
Levitt, Michael
Michael Levitt
American-British-Israeli chemist
Klug, Aaron
Aaron Klug
Lithuanian-born British chemist
Baron Alexander Robertus Todd.
Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd
British biochemist
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A.J.P. Martin
British biochemist
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R.L.M. Synge
British biochemist
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Sir Arthur Harden
British biochemist
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Rodney Robert Porter
British biochemist