John Kendrew Scientist

Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, CBE, FRS (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.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 24, 1917
Birth place	England , Oxford
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of death	August 23, 1997
Place of death	England , Cambridge
Education	University of Cambridge
Known for	Heme