Kendrew

[ ken-droo ]

/ ˈkɛn dru /

noun

John C(ow·dery)

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

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Examples from the Web for kendrew

Neither Kendrew nor I said much as we returned to the house.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford
Old Kendrew was a miserable sinner whose death certificate it would give him pleasure to sign any day.
Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3)|Mary Elizabeth Carter
She looked at Mr. Kendrew, holding the door open for her; and resumed, with an effort, her former lightness of tone.
Man and Wife|Wilkie Collins
The family had just gone to bed, and Kendrew and I were sitting out on the stoep smoking a last pipe.
A Frontier Mystery|Bertram Mitford

We two mothers, Mr. Kendrew, seem literally to live again in our children.
Man and Wife|Wilkie Collins

British Dictionary definitions for kendrew

Kendrew

/ (ˈkɛndruː) /

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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Medicine definitions for kendrew

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.

Science definitions for kendrew

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.