J. D. Bernal

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gptkbp:award gptkb:Lenin_Peace_Prize
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-05-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Nenagh,_County_Tipperary,_Ireland
gptkbp:children gptkb:Martin_Bernal
gptkbp:deathDate 1971-09-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkbp:education gptkb:Emmanuel_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:Stonyhurst_College
gptkbp:field X-ray crystallography
history of science
molecular biology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:John_Desmond_Bernal
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. D. Bernal
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gptkb:Dorothy_Hodgkin
gptkb:John_Kendrew
gptkb:Max_Perutz
gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:J._B._S._Haldane
gptkb:Karl_Marx
gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkb:Frederick_Engels
gptkbp:knownFor authoring 'The Social Function of Science'
pioneering X-ray crystallography of biomolecules
socialist views on science
work on the structure of water
gptkbp:language English
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gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality Irish
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gptkb:scientist
crystallographer
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Science_in_History
gptkb:The_Social_Function_of_Science
gptkb:The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil
Science and Industry in the Nineteenth Century
gptkbp:religion atheism
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gptkb:Birkbeck_College,_University_of_London
gptkb:Olga_Kennard
gptkb:J.D._Bernal_Prize
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