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Max Perutz

(1914–2002) Molecular Biologist

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Max Perutz was a molecular biologist, best known for Is Science Necessary?.

Quick Facts About Max Perutz

Born
May 19, 1914
Died
February 6, 2002
Profession
Molecular Biologist
Notable works
Is Science Necessary?

About Max Perutz

Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the Copley Medal in 1979. At Cambridge he founded and chaired (1962–79) The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), fourteen of whose scientists have won Nobel Prizes.

Biography source: Wikipedia

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