| Authorised form of name | Blow; David Mervyn (1931 - 2004) |
| Dates | 1931 - 2004 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Handsworth, Birmingham, England |
| Date of birth | 27/06/1931 |
| Place of death | Appledore, Devon |
| Date of death | 09/06/2004 |
| Research field | Protein crystallography |
| Activity | Education:
Kingswood School, Bath; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Career:
National Service, RAF; Staff, MRC Unit for Study of Molecular Biological Systems, Cambridge (1959-1962); staff, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (1962-1977); Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge (1969-1977); Professor of Biophysics, Imperial College London (1977-1994, Emeritus), Dean, Royal College of Science (1981-1984), Head Department of Physics (1991-1994), Senior Research Fellow (1994-2004); President British Crystallographic Association (1984-1987); CIBA Prize of the Biochemical Society (1967); the Charles Leopold Meyer Prize of the French Academy (1979); the Wolf Foundation Prize for Chemistry (1987)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 16/03/1972 |
| Age at election | 40 |
| Relationships | Married (1955) Mavis Sears |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries in The Times (01/07/2004) and The Independent (23/06/2004)
References:
D Blow and S Wallwork, 'Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 177-186 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/91480489 |
| Code | NA4311 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000410 | Blow, David Mervyn | October 1976 |
| EC/1972/04 | Blow, David Mervin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000411 | Blow, David Mervyn | 2001 |