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Max Ferdinand Perutz OM CH CBE FRS (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.
Biographical. Max Ferdinand Perutz was born in Vienna on May 19th, 1914. Both his parents, Hugo Perutz and Dely Goldschmidt, came from families of textile manufacturers who had made their fortune in the 19th century by the introduction of mechanical spinning and weaving into the Austrian monarchy.
Together with John Kendrew, Max Perutz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962, and his work launched a new era of medicine. Beyond intellectual brilliance, Max Perutz stands out as an ambassador for science, a humanist, and as an inspiration for young scientists.
Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British biochemist, corecipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his X-ray diffraction analysis of the structure of hemoglobin, the protein that transports oxygen from the lungs to the tissues via blood cells. He shared the award with British.
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Feb 6, 2002 · Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Max Ferdinand Perutz. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962. Born: 19 May 1914, Vienna, Austria. Died: 6 February 2002, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Feb 8, 2002 · Max Perutz, one of the founding fathers of molecular biology, died early on Wednesday 6 February at the age of 87. Max Perutz was the creator of X-ray protein crystallography, demonstrating that by introducing a heavy atom in a protein molecule it was possible to determine its 3-D structure.
Feb 8, 2002 · Dr. Max Perutz, whose success in elucidating the structure of the hemoglobin molecule helped give birth to the field of molecular biology and brought him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962,...
