| LC control no. | nb2007009695 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Klug, A. (Aaron), Sir, 1926-2018 |
| Variant(s) | Klug, A. (Aaron), Sir, 1926- Klug, Aaron, Sir, 1926-2018 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Associated place | Cambridge (England) |
| Birth date | 1926-08-11 |
| Death date | 2018-11-20 |
| Place of birth | Želva (Lithuania) |
| Field of activity | Chemistry Physics |
| Affiliation | University of Cambridge |
| Profession or occupation | Scientists Biophysicist |
| Found in | New developments in electron microscopy, 1970: t.p. (A. Klug) Nobel prize WWW Site, 19 Apr. 2007: Chemistry laureats page (Aaron Klug, b. 1926 (in Zelvas, Lithuania)) Wikipedia, 19 Apr. 2007 (Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS (born 11 August 1926 in Želva, Lithuania); he was knighted in 1988; was elected President of the Royal Society, serving from 1995-2000, and was appointed OM in 1995) Aaron Klug, ©2016: ECIP title page (Kenneth C. Holmes, Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany) Washington post WWW site, viewed Nov. 26, 2018 (Aaron Klug, a British scientist who won a Nobel Prize for developing techniques that used electronic probes and crystallographic techniques to discern the architecture and molecular arrangement of some of the molecules essential for life, including the chromosome, died Nov. 20 [2018]. He was 92. Dr. Klug held a PhD in physics but won the Nobel in 1982 for chemistry, for applying techniques from physics and mathematics to problems of molecular structure that could be regarded as within the domain of chemistry. He was born in Zelvas, Lithuania, on Aug. 11, 1926. He was 2 when his father moved the family to Durban, South Africa. In 1945, he graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Drawn by physics, he obtained a master's degree from the University of Cape Town, followed by a PhD in solid state physics at Britain's University of Cambridge in 1952. In 1986, Dr. Klug became director of the Cambridge molecular biology laboratory, serving until 1996) Guardian WWW site, viewed Nov. 26, 2018 (Aaron Klug, biophysicist, born 11 August 1926; died 20 November 2018) |
| Associated language | eng |
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