How old was Max Perutz?

Max Perutz died on February 6, 2002 at the age of 87.

When is Max Perutz's birthday?

Max Perutz was born on May 19, 1914.

What is Max Perutz's zodiac sign?

Max Perutz's zodiac sign is Taurus.

What is Max Perutz's nationality?

Max Perutz is a citizen of United Kingdom, Austria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

What does Max Perutz do?

Max Perutz is known as molecular biologist, chemist, university teacher, crystallographer.

How many children did Max Perutz have?

Wikidata lists 1 child of Max Perutz.

Max Perutz

Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914–2002)

Died aged 87TaurusUnited Kingdom

Biography

Max Ferdinand Perutz (19 May 1914 – 6 February 2002) 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.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

University of Cambridge
University of York

Notable works

Is Science Necessary? Essays on Science and Scientists

Family

Children: Robin Perutz

Awards & honours (15)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Copley Medal
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Royal Medal
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Otto Warburg Medal
Wilhelm Exner Medal
Sir Hans Krebs Medal
honorary doctor of the University of Vienna
Croonian Medal and Lecture
honorary doctorate of Salzburg University
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society
honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI

Quick answers about Max Perutz

How old was Max Perutz?: Max Perutz died on February 6, 2002 at the age of 87.
When is Max Perutz's birthday?: Max Perutz was born on May 19, 1914.
Where was Max Perutz born?: Max Perutz was born in Vienna.
What is Max Perutz's zodiac sign?: Max Perutz's zodiac sign is Taurus.
What is Max Perutz's nationality?: Max Perutz is a citizen of United Kingdom, Austria, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What does Max Perutz do?: Max Perutz is known as molecular biologist, chemist, university teacher, crystallographer.
How many children did Max Perutz have?: Wikidata lists 1 child of Max Perutz.