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All crystallographers who knew him will be sad to hear that Uli Arndt died
last night, aged 81 from cancer which developed during the last few months.
Phil Evans
This is the notice which has been posted in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular
Biology:
Uli was recruited by Max Perutz from the Royal Institution and joined LMB
when it opened in 1962, in order to bring expertise in instrumentation
development, particularly for X-ray crystallography. This was at a stage
when far less equipment was available commercially and scientific advances
depended almost entirely on developments within the Lab. In this Uli was
very successful, pioneering a series of X-ray diffractometers, the
Arndt-Wonacott rotation camera, film scanners, the FAST X-ray detector and
most recently a miniature microfocus X-ray source. He also co-authored two
influential monographs on Single Crystal Diffractometry and on The Rotation
Method in Crystallography, and recently completed his autobiography. He
won the BCA Dorothy Hodgkin prize and gave the accompanying lecture in 2000
on Crystallographic Apparatus: Past, Present & Future
Uli had wide interests, including sketching and hiking, and had an
encyclopaedic knowledge of history, freely shared over coffee or lunch in
the Canteen. He was an accomplished raconteur, and a sympathetic and
helpful listener.
We shall all miss his entertaining company and stimulating conversation.
Richard Henderson & Tony Crowther
24th March 2006
