Sir Aaron Klug

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
biologist
chemist
crystallographer
gptkbp:award gptkb:Companion_of_Honour
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Gairdner_Foundation_International_Award
gptkb:Lomonosov_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Louisa_Gross_Horwitz_Prize
gptkb:Heineken_Prize_for_Biochemistry_and_Biophysics
gptkbp:birthDate 1926-08-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Želva,_Lithuania
gptkbp:child gptkb:Adam_Klug
gptkbp:deathDate 2018-11-20
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Witwatersrand
gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:field chemistry
crystallography
molecular biology
structural biology
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:University_of_Bath
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Aaron Klug
gptkbp:knighted knighted in 1988
gptkbp:knownFor crystallographic electron microscopy
structural elucidation of nucleic acid-protein complexes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Academy_of_Medical_Sciences
gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Pontifical_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:South_African
British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1982
for the development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Richard_Henderson
gptkbp:president gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:presidentOfPeriod 1995-2000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:signature Aaron Klug signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Love_Klug
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:Medical_Research_Council_Laboratory_of_Molecular_Biology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:University_of_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4