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Aaron Klug
Sir Aaron Klug
British chemist and biophysicist.
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Statements about
Aaron Klug
Sex or Gender
Male
Member Of
Royal Society
(1969 - )
Start Time
:
1969
French Academy of Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1984 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
:
1984
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Royal Microscopical Society
Academia Europaea
(1990 - )
Affiliation
:
AE Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Start Time
:
1990
Japan Academy
(12/14/1998 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Honorary Member
Start Time
:
12/14/1998
American Philosophical Society
(1996 - )
Start Time
:
1996
Place of Birth
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom
Given Name
Aaron
Date of Birth
8/11/1926
Instance Of
Human
Educated At
Peterhouse
University of Cape Town
Trinity College
University of the Witwatersrand
University of Cambridge
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Occupation
Biochemist
Molecular Biologist
University Teacher
Chemist
Biophysicist
Doctoral Advisor
Douglas Hartree
Employer
Birkbeck, University of London
Field of Work
Chemistry
Biochemistry
Family Name
Klug
Position Held
President of the Royal Society
(1995 - 2000)
Replaces
:
Michael Atiyah
Replaced By
:
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
Series Ordinal
:
58
Start Time
:
1995
End Time
:
2000
Date of Death
11/20/2018
Place of Death
Cambridge
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Name in Native Language
Aaron Klug
Number of Children
2
Noble Title
Sir
Academic Degree
Professor
Described by Source
Award Received
15 items
Leeuwenhoek Lecture
(1973)
Point in Time
:
1973
Dr H.P. Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics
(1979)
Point in Time
:
1979
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
(1981)
Point in Time
:
1981
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1982)
Award Rationale
:
for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.
Award Rationale
:
för hans utveckling av kristallografisk elektronmikroskopi och hans klarläggande av strukturen hos biologiskt viktiga nukleinsyra-proteinkomplex
Point in Time
:
1982
Prize Money
:
1,150,000 Swedish krona
Honorary Doctor of Louis Pasteur University
(1978)
Point in Time
:
1978
Silliman Memorial Lectures
(1984)
Point in Time
:
1984
Copley Medal
(1985)
Award Rationale
:
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to our understanding of complex biological structures and the methods used for determining them.
Point in Time
:
1985
Baly Medal
(1987)
Point in Time
:
1987
Knight Bachelor
(1988)
Point in Time
:
1988
Order of Merit
(1995)
Point in Time
:
1995
Gold Order of Mapungubwe
(2005)
Point in Time
:
2005
Croonian Medal and Lecture
(2007)
Point in Time
:
2007
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Honorary Member of the British Biophysical Society
(1992)
Point in Time
:
1992
Interested In
Chemistry
Aaron Klug, 92, Dies; His 3-D Images of Bodily Molecules Won a Nobel
Želva
Country
:
Lithuania
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Ukmergė District Municipality
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Vilnius County
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