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Aaron Klug

Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

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Born
August 11, 1926
Died
November 20, 2018
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1926

About Aaron Klug

Sir Aaron Klug 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. Klug was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1981. He was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, which enabled him to move to England, completing his PhD in research physics at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1953. In 2005, he was awarded South Africa's Order of Mapungubwe (gold) for exceptional achievements in medical science.

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Aaron Klug timeline

  1. He was awarded an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, which enabled him to move to England, completing his PhD in research physics at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1953.
  2. Klug was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University in 1981.
  3. In 2005, he was awarded South Africa's Order of Mapungubwe (gold) for exceptional achievements in medical science.

The world when Aaron Klug was born

Aaron Klug was born in 1926. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1926

  • #1 song"Bye Bye Blackbird"
  • Top movieThe General (Buster Keaton)
  • Best-selling bookThe Sun Also Rises – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentGertrude Ederle swims the English Channel
  • Top headlineA.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Technology milestoneFirst demonstration of television
  • Defining fadFlagpole sitting
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population2.01 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population117.4M

1926 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Aaron Klug's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19262026
Gas$0.23$3.45/gal
Average home$6,000$435,000
Average income$3,620$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population117.4M341 million

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