G. N. Ramachandran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

G. N. Ramachandran

Indian scientist

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1922

Place of Birth: Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Date of Death: 07-Apr-2001

Profession: physicist, biochemist, biophysicist, crystallographer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gopalasamudram Narayanan Ramachandran, or G.N.
Ramachandran, FRS (8 October 1922 – 7 April 2001) was an Indian physicist who was known for his work that led to his creation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure.
He was the first to propose a triple-helical model for the structure of collagen.
He subsequently went on to make other major contributions in biology and physics.