John Desmond Bernal FRS
Born | (1901-05-10)10 May 1901 Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died | 15 September 1971(1971-09-15) (aged 70) London, England
Resting place | Battersea Cemetery, Morden (unmarked)
Residence | England
Education | Bedford School
Alma mater | University of Cambridge
Known for | Bernal chart Science politics
Awards | Royal Medal 1945, Guthrie lecture 1947, Stalin Peace Prize 1953, Grotius Gold Medal 1959, Bakerian Lecture 1962 Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields | X-ray crystallography
Institutions | Birkbeck College, University of London
Doctoral advisor | William Henry Bragg[citation needed]
Doctoral students | Dorothy Hodgkin Alan Mackay[citation needed] Max Perutz[citation needed]