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

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

Most fortunately, Kendrew made a favorable impression on Luria; like Kalckar, he was civilized and in addition supported the Labor Party.

From Literature

Ever the diplomat, Kendrew obtained unanimous votes both to work towards the creation of a lab and to set up a federal organization.

From Nature

In 1959 Max Perutz, whose methodological work had been crucial to Kendrew's success, solved the structure of haemoglobin, only the second protein molecule to be analysed by X-ray crystallography.

From The Guardian