| Max F. Perutz  AKA Max Ferdinand Perutz
Born: 19-May-1914
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 6-Feb-2002
Location of death: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist Nationality: England
Executive summary: X-Ray analysis of hemoglobin Father: Hugo Perutz
Mother: Adele Goldschmidt ("Dely")
Wife: Gisela Peiser (m. 1942, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Vivien (art historian, b. 1944)
Son: Robin Perutz (professor of chemistry, b. 1949)
High School: Theresianum
University: University of Vienna
University: PhD, Cambridge University (1940)
Scholar: School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge University (1962-79)
Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1962 (with John C. Kendrew)
Commander of the British Empire 1963
Royal Medal 1971
Copley Medal 1979
Order of Merit 1989
Royal Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Author of books:
Is Science Necessary? (1989, essays)
I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier (1998, essays)
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