Crick and watson biography of rory

(1916-2004)

Who Was Francis Crick?

Biophysicist Francis Crick helped develop radar and magnetic mines during World War II. After the war, he began researching the structure of DNA for the University of Cambridge Medical Research Council at its Cavendish Laboratory with James D.

Watson. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1962 for his work and continued conducting research until his death in 2004.

Early Years

Francis Harry Compton Crick was born on June 8, 1916, in Northampton, England, and was educated at Northampton Grammar School and Mill Hill School in London.

He attended University College London, where he studied physics, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1937. He soon began conducting research toward a Ph.D., but, in 1939, his path was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.

During the war, he was involved in military research, working on the development of magnetic and acoustic mines. After the war, Dr. R.V. Jones,