Kendrew

[ken-droo]

noun

John C(ow·dery)

[koh-dree] /ˈkoʊ dri/, 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.

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Historical Examples of kendrew

Anna reached the edge of the marsh on the side opposite to Kendrew's.
Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Mary Elizabeth Carter
Neither Kendrew nor I said much as we returned to the house.
A Frontier Mystery
Bertram Mitford
He cast one furtive glance at Mr. Kendrew, and turned away again.
Man and Wife
Wilkie Collins
If Mr. Kendrew wanted information, why should Mr. Kendrew ask for it in that way?
Man and Wife
Wilkie Collins
Mr. Vanborough pushed the bottles in silence to Mr. Kendrew.
Man and Wife
Wilkie Collins

British Dictionary definitions for kendrew

Kendrew

noun

Sir John Cowdery. 1917–97, British biochemist. Using X-ray diffraction he discovered the structure of myoglobin, for which he shared a Nobel Prize (1962) with Max Perutz

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kendrew in Medicine

Kendrew

[kĕn′drōō′]John Cowdery 1917-1997

British biologist. He shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for chemistry for determining the molecular structure of blood components.

kendrew in Science

Kendrew

[kĕn′drōō′]Sir John Cowdery 1917-1997

British molecular biologist who studied the chemistry of the blood and determined by x-ray crystallography the structure of the muscle protein myoglobin. For this work he shared with Max Perutz the 1962 Nobel Prize for chemistry.