Kendrew

American  

[ken-droo] / ˈkɛn dru /

noun

1. John C(owdery) 1917–97, English scientist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1962.

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Kendrew British  

/ ˈkɛndruː /

noun

1. 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 Scientific  

/ kĕn′dro̅o̅′ /

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

They have been deployed there from Kendrew Barracks, near Cottesmore in Rutland, for six months as a show of strength to prevent the conflict spreading from neighbouring Ukraine and respond if it does.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Perutz had shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the year before with his colleague John Kendrew, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK.

From Nature • Oct. 29, 2018

It was said by Michael Levitt, who shared a Nobel Prize in 2013, not by John Kendrew, who shared the prize in 1962.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2018

My pal, local conference organizer, Sarah Kendrew, suggested we try to create a hypothesis generator for astronomy – based on the BrainSCANr project from neuroscience.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2012

Soon after receiving my letter, Luria went to a small meeting at Ann Arbor, where he met Perutz’ coworker, John Kendrew, then on an extended trip to the States.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson