John Desmond Bernal

FRS
Born(1901-05-10)10 May 1901
Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died15 September 1971(1971-09-15) (aged 70)
London, England
Resting placeBattersea Cemetery,
Morden (unmarked)
ResidenceEngland
EducationBedford School
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forBernal chart
Science
politics
AwardsRoyal Medal 1945,
Guthrie lecture 1947,
Stalin Peace Prize 1953,
Grotius Gold Medal 1959,
Bakerian Lecture 1962
Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
FieldsX-ray crystallography
InstitutionsBirkbeck College, University of London
Doctoral advisorWilliam Henry Bragg[citation needed]
Doctoral students
  • Dorothy Hodgkin
  • Alan Mackay[citation needed]
  • Max Perutz[citation needed]