John Desmond Bernal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/John_Desmond_Bernal

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person gptkb:scientist author crystallographer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society gptkb:Lenin_Peace_Prize gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1901-05-10
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Nenagh,_County_Tipperary,_Ireland
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	stroke
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Martin_Bernal
gptkbp:deathDate	1971-09-15
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Birkbeck_College,_University_of_London gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	Irish
gptkbp:field	X-ray crystallography history of science molecular biology
gptkbp:gender	male
gptkbp:honorificPrefix	gptkb:professor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	John Desmond Bernal
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:science_policy molecular biology scientific socialism
gptkbp:knownFor	advocacy of science in society historical analysis of science pioneering X-ray crystallography of biological molecules
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality	Irish
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Aaron_Klug gptkb:Dorothy_Hodgkin gptkb:John_Kendrew gptkb:Max_Perutz gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Science_in_History gptkb:The_Social_Function_of_Science gptkb:The_World,_the_Flesh_and_the_Devil
gptkbp:politicalParty	gptkb:Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain
gptkbp:religion	atheism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:London
gptkbp:signature	John Desmond Bernal signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Eileen_Sprague
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	4