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Richard Henderson

Nobel prize winning British biochemist (born 1945)

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Richard Henderson is a British molecular biologist and biophysicist and pioneer in the field of electron microscopy of biological molecules. Henderson shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Joachim Frank. "Thanks to his work, we can look at individual atoms of living nature, thanks to cryo-electron microscopes we can see details without destroying samples, and for this he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry."

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Edinburgh wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom wd
Occupation
molecular biologist, biochemist, chemist, crystallographer, biologist wd
Education
University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Corpus Christi College, Yale University, Boroughmuir High School, Hawick High School wd

Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Rosenstiel Award (1990)
  • Ernst Ruska Prize (1980)
  • William Bate Hardy Prize (1978)
  • Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics (2016)
  • Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1984)
  • Gregori Aminoff Prize (1999)
  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2017)
  • Copley Medal (2016)
  • Companion of Honour (2018)
  • Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1993)
  • honorary doctor of ETH Zürich (2017)
  • Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (2018)
  • Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2024)

Questions

When was Richard Henderson born?
Richard Henderson was born on 19 July 1945 in Edinburgh.
Where did Richard Henderson study?
Richard Henderson was educated at University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, Corpus Christi College, Yale University.

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  1. Wikipedia (English): Richard Henderson · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q1678456 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Richard Henderson D81 4486 (38005042695).jpg by Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden (CC BY 2.0)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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