Kenneth Holmes

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Kenneth Charles Holmes FRS (1934 – 2 November 2021) was a British molecular biologist.

He was born in Hammersmith, London. He was a former colleague of

EMBL Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at DESY, Hamburg.[1] He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
as an "Emeritus Scientific Member".

In 1981, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society,[2] and was awarded their 1997 Gabor Medal which is of silver gilt and then accompanied by 1,000 pounds[3] "in recognition of his achievements in molecular biology, in particular his pioneering analyses of biological structures and viruses, and his development of the use of synchrotron radiation for X-ray diffraction experiments, now a widely used technique not only in molecular biology but in physics and materials science".[4]

He was awarded both the

Swiss Francs in 2000 based on his work on "Molecular Structure", and the Gregori Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2001.[5]

His scientific biography of Sir Aaron Klug, "Aaron Klug - A Long Way from Durban: A Biography" was published in 2017 by Cambridge University Press. In 2021, he received the Lennart Philipson Award.[6]

Holmes died on 2 November 2021, at the age of 86.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". Max Planck Institute for Medical Research. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Fellows". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Biophysicist Prof. Kenneth Holmes Awarded the European Latsis Prize". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Gabor previous winners 2005 - 1989". The Royal Society. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ^ "European Latsis Prize". European Science Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  6. ^ "EMBL Alumni Awards 2021". European Molecular Biology Laboratory. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  7. ^ "In memoriam: Kenneth Holmes". Desy. 8 November 2021.