Max Perutz
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Max Perutz was an Austrian-British molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography studies of hemoglobin and helping to found the field of molecular biology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Max Perutz canonical | 16 |
| Max Ferdinand Perutz | 1 |
| Perutz | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T97277 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Perutz Context triple: [Cavendish Laboratory, associatedWithPerson, Max Perutz]
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A.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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B.
Francis Crick
Francis Crick was a British molecular biologist best known as co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure, a breakthrough that transformed modern genetics and earned him a Nobel Prize.
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Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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D.
James Watson
James Watson is an American molecular biologist best known as a co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Max Perutz Target entity description: Max Perutz was an Austrian-British molecular biologist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering X-ray crystallography studies of hemoglobin and helping to found the field of molecular biology.
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A.
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.
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B.
Francis Crick
Francis Crick was a British molecular biologist best known as co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure, a breakthrough that transformed modern genetics and earned him a Nobel Prize.
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C.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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D.
James Watson
James Watson is an American molecular biologist best known as a co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
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E.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Chemistry
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biophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ molecular biologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry ⓘ Order of Merit (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Merit
Royal Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1914-05-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
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linked to:
Vienna
|
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| coFounded |
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
ⓘ
linked to:
MRC LMB
|
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2002-02-06 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cambridge University
University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer |
Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
Cavendish Laboratory
Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to:
Medical Research Council
|
| familyName |
Perutz
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linked to:
Max Perutz
|
| fieldOfWork |
X-ray crystallography
ⓘ
linked to:
Röntgen radiation
biochemistry ⓘ molecular biology ⓘ structural biology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Max Ferdinand Perutz
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linked to:
Max Perutz
|
| givenName | Max ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elucidating the structure of hemoglobin
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founding contributions to molecular biology ⓘ pioneering X-ray crystallographic studies of hemoglobin ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeCategory | Chemistry ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeMotivation | for their studies of the structures of globular proteins ⓘ |
| nobelPrizeYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Hugh Huxley
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John Kendrew ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology
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Head of the MRC Unit for Molecular Biology in Cambridge ⓘ |
| researchSubject |
allosteric regulation of hemoglobin
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hemoglobin ⓘ protein structure ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith | John Kendrew ⓘ |
| spouse | Gisela Clara Mathilde Peiser ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
X-ray diffraction
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isomorphous replacement in crystallography ⓘ |
| workInstitution |
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
ⓘ
linked to:
MRC LMB
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Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Max Perutz
linked to: Max Perutz