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Perutz, Max FerdinandPerutz, Max Ferdinand, b. Vienna, May 19, 1914, chemist, Nobel prize winner. Trained in Austria, from 1936 in Cambridge (United Kingdom), 1941 interned in Canada, from 1946 research grant from Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), 1947-1979 university professor in Cambridge. 1953-1960 together with the chemist Sir J. C. Kendrew, determined the spatial structure of a long sequence of protein molecules (especially haemoglobin) with the help of refracted X-rays. 1962 Nobel prize for chemistry. Honorary doctorates from several universities, including Salzburg and Vienna; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1967. Works: Is Science Necessary?, 1989; Mechanisms of Cooperativity and Allosteric Regulation in Proteins, 1990; Protein Structure, 1992; I Wish I'd Made You Angry Earlier, 1999 (Ich hätte Sie schon früher ärgern sollen. Aufsätze über Wiss., Wissenschaftler und die Menschheit, 1999).
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