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

Just as the parts of the telescope navigated borders and political divides, so did experts like Sarah Kendrew, an instrument and calibration scientist at the European Space Agency who is also an astronomer.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Kendrew immediately saw 'CERB' as a way to achieve a level of autonomy that was not available to him in Cambridge.

From Nature • Jul. 8, 2014

—John C. Kendrew” Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for this work.

From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2011

Among other distinguished scientists involved in the project were Sir Lawrence Bragg, John Kendrew and Max Perutz.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2010

While he was explaining it to Perutz and Kendrew, Crick happened to join the group.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson