John Kendrew, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Kendrew

English biochemist and crystallographer

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1917

Place of Birth: Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1997

Profession: chemist, biochemist, biophysicist, crystallographer, molecular biologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist and crystallographer who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz; their group in the Cavendish Laboratory investigated the structure of heme-containing proteins.