How was John Cowdery Kendrew awarded the Noble Prize?

Name: John Cowdery Kendrew. 
Country: England.
Date of Birth: 24 March 1917.
Date of Death: 23 August 1997.
The subject of Study: Myoglobin Protein.
Noble Prize Year: Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1962 for his research the Cavendish Laboratory to investigate the structure of haem-containing proteins..