John Kendrew

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Nobel laureate in Chemistry biochemist crystallographer human

John Kendrew was a British biochemist and crystallographer who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for determining the three-dimensional structure of the protein myoglobin.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Chemistry → biochemist → crystallographer → human →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Knight Bachelor → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Royal Medal →
contributedTo	founding of the European Molecular Biology Organization →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →
doctoralAdvisor	Max Perutz →
educatedAt	Clifton College → Trinity College, Cambridge →
employer	Cavendish Laboratory → Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology → University of Cambridge →
familyName	Kendrew →
fieldOfWork	X-ray crystallography → biochemistry → structural biology →
givenName	John →
hasAcademicAffiliation	University of Cambridge →
honorificTitle	Sir →
knownFor	determining the three-dimensional structure of myoglobin → pioneering work in protein crystallography →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	European Molecular Biology Organization → Royal Society →
name	John Cowdery Kendrew →
nobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
nobelPrizeYear	1962 →
notableStudent	David Chilton Phillips →
notableWork	X-ray structure of myoglobin →
occupation	biochemist → crystallographer →
placeOfBirth	Oxford →
positionHeld	editor-in-chief of the European Molecular Biology Organization journal EMBO Journal →
researchFocus	protein structure →
sexOrGender	male →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Max Perutz →
studied	biochemistry → chemistry →
usedMethod	X-ray crystallography of proteins → X-ray diffraction →
workInstitution	Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lawrence Bragg → Max Perutz →	notableStudent
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
John Kendrew ("Kendrew") →	familyName
John Kendrew ("John Cowdery Kendrew") →	name
Exeter College, Oxford ("Sir John Kendrew") →	notableAlumnus
MRC LMB →	notableScientist
John Kendrew ("X-ray structure of myoglobin") →	notableWork
Max Perutz →	sharedNobelPrizeWith