Aaron Klug

Sir Aaron Klug
OM FRS FMedSci HonFRMS
Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS FMedSci HonFRMS
	Aaron Klug in 1979
Born	11 August 1926; Želva, Lithuania
Died	20 November 2018 (aged 92); Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	University of the Witwatersrand (BSc); University of Cape Town (MSc); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Known for	Crystallographic electron microscopy
Spouse	Liebe Bobrow (m. 1948)
Children	Two
Awards	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1981); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1982); Copley Medal (1985); Knighted 1988; OM 1995
	Scientific career
Fields	Biophysics; Chemistry;
Institutions	Peterhouse, Cambridge; Birkbeck, University of London; Laboratory of Molecular Biology;
Thesis	The kinetics of phase changes in solids (1953)
Doctoral advisor	Douglas Hartree
Website	www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/about-lmb/archive-and-alumni/alumni/aaron-klug/

Sir Aaron Klug (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.

Sir Aaron Klug OM FRS FMedSci HonFRMS
Aaron Klug in 1979
Born	(1926-08-11)11 August 1926 Želva, Lithuania
Died	20 November 2018(2018-11-20) (aged 92) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality	British
Education	University of the Witwatersrand (BSc) University of Cape Town (MSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Crystallographic electron microscopy
Spouse	Liebe Bobrow (m. 1948)
Children	Two
Awards	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1981) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1982) Copley Medal (1985) Knighted 1988 OM 1995
Scientific career
Fields	Biophysics Chemistry
Institutions	Peterhouse, Cambridge Birkbeck, University of London Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Thesis	The kinetics of phase changes in solids (1953)
Doctoral advisor	Douglas Hartree

Website	www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/about-lmb/archive-and-alumni/alumni/aaron-klug/