David Mervyn Blow

David Mervyn Blow
FRS FInstP
Born(1931-06-27)27 June 1931
Birmingham, England
Died8 June 2004(2004-06-08) (aged 72)
Appledore, Torridge (near Bideford), Devon, England
EducationKingswood School[5]
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)[5]
Known forHaemoglobin
X-ray crystallography
Spouse
Mavis Sears
​
(m. 1955)​
[5]
AwardsWolf Prize in Chemistry (1987)
Scientific career
FieldsBiophysicist
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
National Institutes of Health
Imperial College London
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
ThesisX-ray analysis of haemoglobin : determination of phase angles by isomorphous substitution (1958)
Doctoral advisorMax Perutz[1]
Other academic advisorsAlexander Rich[1]
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsThomas A. Steitz
Brian Matthews[1]

David Mervyn Blow FRS FInstP[6] (27 June 1931 – 8 June 2004)[5][7][8] was an influential British biophysicist. He was best known for the development of X-ray crystallography, a technique used to determine the molecular structures of tens of thousands of biological molecules. This has been extremely important to the pharmaceutical industry.[9]

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  9. ^ Vrielink, Alice (2005). "David Mervyn Blow". Physics Today. 58 (3): 88–89. Bibcode:2005PhT....58c..88V. doi:10.1063/1.1897573.