What is John Kendrew?
{{Infobox scientist |image = John Kendrew Nobel.jpg |image_size = 250px |name = John Kendrew |caption = John Kendrew |birth_date = 24 March 1917 |birth_place = [[Oxford]], [[England]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1997|8|23|1917|3|24|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Cambridge]], [[England]] |nationality = [[United Kingdom]] |field = [[Crystallography]] |work_institution = [[Royal Air Force]] |alma_mater = [[University of Cambridge]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Max Perutz]] |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Haeme]]-containing [[protein]]s |prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (1962) }} [[Image:KendrewMyoglobin.jpg|thumb|left|300px|John Kendrew with model of myoglobin in progress. Copyright by the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England.]] [[Knight Bachelor|Sir]] '''John Cowdery Kendrew''' [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (24 March 1917– 23 August 1997) was an [[England|English]] [[biochemist]] and [[crystallography|crystallographer]]. He shared the 1962 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] with [[Max Perutz]]. Their group in the [[Cavendish Laboratory]] was the first to determine the structure of [[protein]]s, using [[X-ray crystallography]]. He was also a [[Fellow]] (teacher) at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse College]] in Cambridge. In what became the [[MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology]], Kendrew determined the structure of the protein [[myoglobin]], which stores [[oxygen]] in [[muscle]] [[cell (biology)|cells]]. He spent the early months of [[World War II]] doing research on [[radar]]. In 1940 he became engaged in operational research at the [[Royal Air Force]] headquarters, holding the honorary rank of [[Wing Commander]] R.A.F. *John Finch 2008. ''A Nobel Fellow on every floor''. Medical Research Council 2008. {{ISBN|978-1840469-40-0}}; this book is about the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. {{nobelprize|Chemistry}} {{Nobel Prize in Chemistry}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kendrew, John}} [[Catego