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Known for
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Codiscovering the double-helix structure of DNA
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Sharing the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with James Watson and Maurice Wilkins
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Career
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1937 Graduated from University College, London, with a B.S. in physics
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1947 Began to study biology at the Strangeways Research Institute of the University of Cambridge
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1949-1977 Worked as a researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England
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1951-1953 Discovered the structure of DNA while working with James Watson as a researcher at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge
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1953 Completed his Ph.D. on the structure of hemoglobin
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1977 Accepted a professorship at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California
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Did You Know
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During World War II, Crick worked on explosive mines for the British navy.
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After receiving his undergraduate degree in physics, Crick was inspired to change his academic focus to biology after reading Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger's examination of biological processes, What is Life? |
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Crick discovered that every three stairs on the DNA ladder contain the code for one amino acid.
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