Francis Crick

(1916-2004)

English physicist, molecular biologist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

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Francis Harry Compton Crick OM FRS (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was a British molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. In 1953, he co-authored with James Watson the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Together with Watson and Maurice Wilkins, he was jointly awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". The results were based partly on fundamental studies done by Rosalind Franklin, Raymond Gosling and Wilkins.

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Born	Francis Harry Compton Crick 8 June 1916 Weston Favell, Northamptonshire, England, UK
Died	28 July 2004 (aged 88) San Diego, California, United States
Zodiac	Gemini
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Ruth Doreen Dodd 1913-2011 · British spouse · m. 1940; div. 1947 info edit

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Odile Crick 1920-2007 · British artist · m. 1949 info edit

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Michael Francis Compton info 1st child with Ruth Doreen Dodd Male b. 25 Nov 1940 · Age: 84 · 1940- · Celebrity Baby

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Gabrielle Anne info 2nd child with Odile Crick Female b. 15 Jul 1951 · Age: 74 · 1951- · Celebrity Baby

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Jacqueline Marie-Therese info 3rd child with Odile Crick Female b. 12 Mar 1954 · Age: 71 · 1954- · Celebrity Baby

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