# Max Perutz

_Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914-2002)_

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> Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with John Kendrew, for their studies of the structures of haemoglobin and myoglobin. He went on to win the Royal Medal of the Royal Society in 1971 and the Copley Medal in 1979. At Cambridge he founded and chaired (1962–79) The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), fourteen of whose scientists have won Nobel Prizes.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 19 May 1914 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Vienna ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P19))
- **Died:** 6 February 2002 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P570))
- **Place of death:** Cambridge ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P20))
- **Citizenship:** United Kingdom; Austria ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P27))
- **Occupation:** molecular biologist; chemist; university teacher; crystallographer; biophysicist; biochemist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P106))
- **Education:** Peterhouse; University of Vienna; University of Cambridge; Theresianum ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P69))
- **Awards:** Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Copley Medal; Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Royal Medal; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Otto Warburg Medal; Wilhelm Exner Medal; Sir Hans Krebs Medal; honorary doctor of the University of Vienna; Croonian Medal and Lecture; honorary doctorate of Salzburg University; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art; Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society; honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480#P166))

## Questions

**When was Max Perutz born?**  
Max Perutz was born on 19 May 1914 in Vienna.

**Where did Max Perutz study?**  
Max Perutz was educated at Peterhouse, University of Vienna, University of Cambridge, Theresianum.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Max Perutz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Perutz) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q78480](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78480) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Max Perutz 1962.jpg by Associated Press (Public domain)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Perutz_1962.jpg)

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