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Francis Crick

Francis Harry Compton Crick

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Biologist
Geneticist
Physicist
Neuroscientist
Biochemist
Molecular Biologist
University Teacher
Biophysicist
Writer

Member Of

Royal Society
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
French Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organization
National Academy of Sciences
 (1969 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
Start Time
: 1969
American Philosophical Society
 (1972 - )
Start Time
: 1972

Place of Birth

Northampton

Place of Death

La Jolla
San Diego

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom

Date of Birth

6/8/1916

Date of Death

7/28/2004

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Educated At

University College London
Gonville and Caius College
Mill Hill School
University of Cambridge
Northampton School for Boys

Award Received

15 items
Fellow of the Royal Society
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
 (1962)
Together With
:
James Watson
Together With
:
Maurice Wilkins
Award Rationale
: for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material
Award Rationale
: för deras upptäckt av nukleinsyrornas molekylära uppbyggnad och dess betydelse för informationsöverföring i levande materia
Point in Time
: 1962
Prize Money
: 85,740 Swedish krona
Order of Merit
Copley Medal
 (1975)
Award Rationale
: In recognition of his elucidation of the structure of DNA and his continuing contribution to molecular biology.
Point in Time
: 1975
Royal Medal
 (1972)
Point in Time
: 1972
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Canada Gairdner International Award
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962
EMBO Membership
Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer
 (1961)
Point in Time
: 1961
Sir Hans Krebs Medal
 (1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
Albert Medal
 (1987)
Point in Time
: 1987
Croonian Medal and Lecture
 (1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Mendel Medal
 (1966)
Point in Time
: 1966

Cause of Death

Colorectal Cancer

Given Name

Francis
Series Ordinal
:1
Harry
Series Ordinal
:2
Compton
Series Ordinal
:3

Doctoral Advisor

Max Perutz

Manner of Death

Natural Causes

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Subject Named As
:Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Vol. 12
Page(s)
:495

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
 (1962)
Point in Time
: 1962

Employer

University of Cambridge
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Field of Work

Molecular Biology
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Physics
Neuroscience
Biophysics
Genetics

Family Name

Crick

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Student Of

Max Perutz
Edward Collingwood

Name in Native Language

Francis Harry Compton Crick

Spouse

Odile Crick

Religion or Worldview

Atheism

Notable Work

Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature
Subject Has Role
:
Author
Instance Of
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Version, Edition or Translation

Native Language

English

Interested In

Biochemistry
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