John Desmond Bernal
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John Desmond Bernal was a pioneering Irish-born scientist who helped found the field of X-ray crystallography and made major contributions to structural biology and the social role of science.
Aliases (1)
- J. D. Bernal ×2
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| instanceOf |
Marxist intellectual
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crystallographer → human → physicist → scientist → structural biologist → |
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J. D. Bernal
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| areaOfActivism |
peace movement
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science policy → |
| awardReceived |
Lenin Peace Prize
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Royal Medal → |
| birthDate |
1901-05-10
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| birthPlace |
County Tipperary
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Ireland → Nenagh → |
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development of radar and operations research during World War II
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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United Kingdom → |
| deathDate |
1971-09-15
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| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → Stonyhurst College → |
| employer |
Birkbeck College, University of London
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University of Cambridge NERFINISHED → |
| familyName |
Bernal
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| fieldOfWork |
X-ray crystallography
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history of science → sociology of science → solid-state physics → structural biology → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
John
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| influenced |
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
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Francis Crick → J. D. Watson → Max Perutz → |
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English
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| memberOf |
Communist Party of Great Britain
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| middleName |
Desmond
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| notableAchievement |
contributed to understanding of the structure of water and liquids
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helped establish structural biology as a discipline → made early X-ray diffraction studies of proteins → pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in studying biological molecules → |
| notableWork |
Science in History
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The Origin of Life → The Social Function of Science → The World, the Flesh and the Devil → |
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism
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| positionHeld |
Professor of Physics at Birkbeck College
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| residence |
Cambridge
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London → |
| studiedUnder |
William Henry Bragg
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Referenced by (3)
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John Desmond Bernal
("J. D. Bernal")
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
("J. D. Bernal")
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Dorothy Hodgkin
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doctoralAdvisor |