Aaron Klug

1926 - 2018

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Biography

Aaron Klug was a British biophysicist and Nobel Laureate known for his work in the field of structural biology. He was born in Lithuania in 1926 and his family later moved to South Africa. Klug's research focused on the development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his work on elucidating the structure of biological macromolecules, such as viruses and chromatin. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to the field.