John Desmond Bernal | |
|---|---|
 Bernal in 1949, photo by Wolfgang Suschitzky[5] | |
| Born | 10 May 1901 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Died | 15 September 1971 (aged 70) London, England |
| Resting place | Battersea Cemetery, Morden (unmarked)[6] |
| Education | Bedford School |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Known for | Bernal chart Bernal sphere Bernal stacking Bernal–Fowler rules Zone melting |
| Spouse |
Agnes Eileen Sprague
(m. 1922) |
| Children | 4, including Martin |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1945) Guthrie lecture (1947) Stalin Peace Prize (1953) Grotius Gold Medal (1959) Bakerian Lecture (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | X-ray crystallography |
| Institutions | Birkbeck College, University of London |
| Doctoral advisor | William Henry Bragg[1] |
| Doctoral students | |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1944–1945 |
| Rank | Lieutenant (RNVR) |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
John Desmond Bernal FRS[7] (/bərˈnɑːl/; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular books on science and society. He was a communist activist and a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
- ^ "William Bragg - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ^ Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (1937). X-ray crystallography and the chemistry of the sterols. lib.cam.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.727110. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Alan Mackay - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ^ "Max Perutz - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
- ^ Images of Bernal at the National Portrait Gallery
- ^ Goldsmith 1980, p. 238
- ^ Hodgkin, D. M. C. (1980). "John Desmond Bernal. 10 May 1901-15 September 1971". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 16–84. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0002.