Science · 1914–2002

Max Perutz

Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who mapped the structure of haemoglobin

Did you know?During the Second World War, he was involved in a secret British project to build an aircraft carrier out of ice.

Max Ferdinand Perutz (19 May 1914 – 6 February 2002) 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.

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Born: May 19, 1914 · Vienna, Austria
Died: February 6, 2002
Cause of death: Cancer
Nationality: Austrian
Known for: Science

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