Francis Crick
Full Name: Francis Crick
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Profession: Molecular biologist
Why Famous: Co-discoverer of DNA molecule structure, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Born: June 8, 1916
Birthplace: Northampton, England
Star Sign: Gemini
Married Life
- 1940-02-18 Molecular biologist Francis Crick (23) weds Ruth Doreen Dodd
- 1949-08-11 Molecular biologist Francis Crick (33) weds artist Odile Speed (29)
Historical Events in the Life of Francis Crick
- 1953-02-28 Francis Crick and James Watson discover the chemical structure of DNA-molecule (double-helix polymer)
- 1953-04-25 Francis Crick and James Watson's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is published in "Nature" magazine
- 1962-10-18 James Watson (US), Francis Crick (UK) and Maurice Wilkins (UK) win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work in determining the structure of DNA
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