Jan Drenth
Dutch chemist (1925–2025)
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Jan Drenth (20 February 1925 – 11 February 2025) was a Dutch chemist. He was a professor of structural chemistry at the University of Groningen from 1969 to 1990.[1]
Life and career
Drenth was born in Groningen on 20 February 1925.[1] He obtained his PhD in mathematics and physics under Eelco Wiebenga at the University of Groningen in 1957, with a dissertation titled: Een röntgenografisch onderzoek van excelsine, edestine en tabakszaadglobuline. Drenth subsequently moved to New York, United States, where he became a post-doc and studied protein crystallography under Barbara Low. Drenth then returned to the Netherlands and in 1967 was appointed lector.[1][2] In 1969 he was appointed professor of structural chemistry, which he remained until his retirement in 1990.[1]
Drenth was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1973.[3]
Drenth died on 11 February 2025, at the age of 99.[4]
Works
- Principles of Protein X-Ray Crystallography.
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