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Isidor Fankuchen

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with a Hecksher fellowship and received a PhD in 1933 after working under C.C. Murdock. He then went to Manchester University on a post-doctoral fellowship from the Schweinburg Foundation and worked with Sir Lawrence Bragg (1933–34) followed by two years at
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with J.D. Bernal during which time they examined the structure of chymotrypsin and haemoglobin. He also collaborated with Bernal's student
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Liebman, Joel F. (2014). "Isidor Fankuchen (1904–1964): more than memories of a master measurer of molecules and materials".
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Portrait photos of Fankuchen in the Poly Archives at the Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology, NYU Libraries
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Bernal, J. D.; Fankuchen, I.; Perutz, MAX (1938). "An X-Ray Study of Chymotrypsin and Haemoglobin".
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Isidor Fankuchen papers, 1933-1964, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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Bryan, R. F. (1992). "Isidor Fankuchen alias Isadore van Kueken".
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Bernal, John Desmond; Dorothy Crowfoot; I. Fankuchen (1940).
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Presidents of the American Crystallographic Association
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Isidor Fankuchen papers, New York University Libraries
132:where he received a BS in 1926. He then studied at 86: 61: 53: 39: 32: 8: 178:from 1948. He died of cancer in Brooklyn. 147:Anderson Institute for Biological Research 29: 483: 391: 297: 563:Fellows of the American Physical Society 128:in a family of modest means and went to 187: 160:Fankuchen studied the structure of the 119:International Union of Crystallography 7: 117:. He was one of the founders of the 27:American pioneer of crystallography 25: 155:Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 91:Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 342:"Memorial of Isidor Fankuchen" 74:Birkbeck, University of London 1: 197:Journal of Chemical Education 366:Ewald, P. P. (1964-09-01). 584: 533:American crystallographers 558:Cornell University alumni 460:"Prof. Isadore Fankuchen" 429:10.1007/s11224-014-0436-0 393:10.1107/S0365110X64002869 368:"I. Fankuchen, 1904-1964" 349:The American Mineralogist 326:American Physical Society 151:American Physical Society 96: 79: 538:Scientists from Brooklyn 170:tomato bushy stunt virus 340:Donnay, J.D.H. (1965). 458:Bernal, J. D. (1964). 372:Acta Crystallographica 299:10.1098/rsta.1940.0010 175:Acta Crystallographica 124:Fankuchen was born in 502:Archival collections 417:Structural Chemistry 322:"APS Fellow Archive" 162:tobacco mosaic virus 553:Cooper Union alumni 476:1964Natur.203..916B 384:1964AcCry..17.1091E 290:1940RSPTA.239..135B 244:1938Natur.141..523B 217:10.1021/ed069p775.1 209:1992JChEd..69..775B 70:Cornell University 47:Brooklyn, New York 470:(4948): 916–917. 238:(3568): 523–524. 100: 99: 81:Scientific career 16:(Redirected from 575: 490: 489: 487: 485:10.1038/203916b0 455: 449: 448: 423:(5): 1593–1595. 412: 406: 405: 395: 378:(9): 1091–1093. 363: 357: 356: 346: 337: 331: 329: 318: 312: 311: 301: 284:(802): 135–182. 270: 264: 263: 252:10.1038/141523a0 227: 221: 220: 192: 139:Birkbeck College 103:Isidor Fankuchen 34:Isidor Fankuchen 30: 21: 583: 582: 578: 577: 576: 574: 573: 572: 523: 522: 504: 499: 494: 493: 457: 456: 452: 414: 413: 409: 365: 364: 360: 344: 339: 338: 334: 320: 319: 315: 272: 271: 267: 229: 228: 224: 194: 193: 189: 184: 143:Dorothy Hodgkin 107:crystallography 72: 68: 62:Alma mater 49: 44: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 581: 579: 571: 570: 565: 560: 555: 550: 545: 540: 535: 525: 524: 521: 520: 515: 510: 503: 500: 498: 497:External links 495: 492: 491: 450: 407: 358: 332: 313: 265: 222: 186: 185: 183: 180: 98: 97: 94: 93: 88: 84: 83: 77: 76: 63: 59: 58: 55: 51: 50: 45: 41: 37: 36: 33: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 580: 569: 566: 564: 561: 559: 556: 554: 551: 549: 546: 544: 541: 539: 536: 534: 531: 530: 528: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 505: 501: 496: 486: 481: 477: 473: 469: 465: 461: 454: 451: 446: 442: 438: 434: 430: 426: 422: 418: 411: 408: 403: 399: 394: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 362: 359: 354: 350: 343: 336: 333: 327: 323: 317: 314: 309: 305: 300: 295: 291: 287: 283: 279: 276: 269: 266: 261: 257: 253: 249: 245: 241: 237: 233: 226: 223: 218: 214: 210: 206: 202: 198: 191: 188: 181: 179: 177: 176: 171: 167: 163: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 135: 131: 127: 122: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 95: 92: 89: 85: 82: 78: 75: 71: 67: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 42: 38: 31: 19: 467: 463: 453: 420: 416: 410: 375: 371: 361: 352: 348: 335: 325: 316: 281: 277: 268: 235: 231: 225: 200: 196: 190: 173: 166:F. C. Bawden 164:(along with 159: 130:Cooper Union 123: 102: 101: 87:Institutions 80: 66:Cooper Union 57:28 June 1964 43:19 July 1905 548:1964 deaths 543:1905 births 115:J.D. Bernal 527:Categories 355:: 539–562. 203:(9): 775. 182:References 111:W.L. Bragg 437:1040-0400 402:0365-110X 18:Fankuchen 445:96799058 308:96642492 126:Brooklyn 472:Bibcode 380:Bibcode 286:Bibcode 260:4063748 240:Bibcode 205:Bibcode 168:), the 134:Cornell 464:Nature 443:  435:  400:  306:  258:  232:Nature 441:S2CID 345:(PDF) 304:S2CID 256:S2CID 433:ISSN 398:ISSN 113:and 54:Died 40:Born 480:doi 468:203 425:doi 388:doi 294:doi 282:239 248:doi 236:141 213:doi 529:: 478:. 466:. 462:. 439:. 431:. 421:25 419:. 396:. 386:. 376:17 374:. 370:. 353:50 351:. 347:. 324:. 302:. 292:. 280:. 254:. 246:. 234:. 211:. 201:69 199:. 488:. 482:: 474:: 447:. 427:: 404:. 390:: 382:: 328:. 310:. 296:: 288:: 262:. 250:: 242:: 219:. 215:: 207:: 20:)

Index

Fankuchen
Brooklyn, New York
Cooper Union
Cornell University
Birkbeck, University of London
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
crystallography
W.L. Bragg
J.D. Bernal
International Union of Crystallography
Brooklyn
Cooper Union
Cornell
Birkbeck College
Dorothy Hodgkin
Anderson Institute for Biological Research
American Physical Society
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
tobacco mosaic virus
F. C. Bawden
tomato bushy stunt virus
Acta Crystallographica
Bibcode
1992JChEd..69..775B
doi
10.1021/ed069p775.1
Bibcode
1938Natur.141..523B
doi
10.1038/141523a0

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