Francis Harry Compton Crick
Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1962
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Francis Harry Compton Crick, born on June 8, 1916, in Northampton, United Kingdom, was a British molecular biologist. He is best known for co-discovering the double helix structure of DNA with James Watson in 1953. This discovery was fundamental to the understanding of genetics and molecular biology. In 1962, Crick was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material. He passed away on July 28, 2004.
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- Who is Francis Harry Compton Crick?
- Francis Harry Compton Crick, born on June 8, 1916, in Northampton, United Kingdom, was a British molecular biologist. He is best known for co-discovering the double helix structure of DNA with James Watson in 1953. This discovery was fundamental to the understanding of genetics and molecular biology. In 1962, Crick was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material. He passed away on July 28, 2004.
- In what year did Francis Harry Compton Crick win the Nobel Prize?
- 1962 — Medicine