Francis Crick

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine biophysicist human molecular biologist neuroscientist

Francis Crick was a British molecular biologist best known as co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure, a breakthrough that transformed modern genetics and earned him a Nobel Prize.

Aliases (2)

Crick ×1
Francis Harry Compton Crick ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine → biophysicist → human → molecular biologist → neuroscientist →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Lasker Award → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine → Royal Medal →
birthDate	1916-06-08 →
birthPlace	Weston Favell, Northampton, England →
causeOfDeath	colon cancer →
child	Michael Crick →
coDiscovererOf	double-helix structure of DNA →
coDiscovererWith	James D. Watson → Maurice Wilkins → Rosalind Franklin →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	2004-07-28 →
diedIn	San Diego, California, United States →
educatedAt	Mill Hill School → University College London →
employer	Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge → Medical Research Council Unit for the Study of Molecular Biology → Salk Institute for Biological Studies →
familyName	Crick →
fieldOfWork	biophysics → genetics → molecular biology → neuroscience →
fullName	Francis Harry Compton Crick →
givenName	Francis →
knownFor	central dogma of molecular biology → co-discovery of the structure of DNA → double-helix model of DNA → work on genetic code →
memberOf	Royal Society →
nationality	British →
nobelPrizeSharedWith	James D. Watson → Maurice Wilkins →
nobelPrizeYear	1962 →
notableIdea	central dogma of molecular biology →
notableWork	The Double Helix (scientific contribution, not the book author) →
positionHeld	Fellow of the Royal Society → J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute →
researchInterest	consciousness → visual perception →
spouse	Odile Speed →
workLocation	Cambridge, England → La Jolla, California, United States →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Desmond Bernal → Rosalind Franklin →	influenced
Odile Speed →	associatedWith
Cavendish Laboratory →	associatedWithPerson
James Watson →	coDiscovererWith
Maurice Wilkins →	collaboratedWith
Francis Crick ("Crick") →	familyName
Francis Crick ("Francis Harry Compton Crick") →	fullName
Conversations on Consciousness →	hasContributor
University College London →	hasNotableAlumni
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge →	hasNotableAlumnus
University College London →	hasNotableFaculty
Weston Favell →	hasNotablePerson
Salk Institute for Biological Studies →	hasNotableScientist
J.W. Kieckhefer Distinguished Research Professor at the Salk Institute →	heldBy
James Watson →	nobelPrizeSharedWith
Lasker Basic Award →	notableLaureate
MRC LMB →	notableScientist
Maurice Wilkins →	sharedNobelPrizeWith
Odile Speed →	spouse