Francis Harry Compton Crick

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Francis_Harry_Compton_Crick
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_London
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Lasker_Award_for_Basic_Medical_Research
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Lasker_Award
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkb:Louisa_Gross_Horwitz_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-06-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Weston_Favell,_Northampton,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Michael_Crick
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-07-28
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:San_Diego,_California,_USA
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:James_D._Watson
gptkb:Maurice_Wilkins
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Max_Perutz
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Aaron_Klug
gptkb:Sydney_Brenner
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Cavendish_Laboratory
gptkb:Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies
gptkb:Medical_Research_Council
gptkbp:familyName gptkb:Crick
gptkbp:fieldOfWork genetics
molecular biology
neuroscience
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Francis_Harry_Compton_Crick
gptkbp:givenName gptkb:Francis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Francis Harry Compton Crick
gptkbp:knownFor co-discovery of the structure of DNA
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Admiralty_during_World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:James_D._Watson
gptkb:Maurice_Wilkins
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
1962
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:What_Mad_Pursuit_(autobiography)
Of Molecules and Men (book, as author)
The Double Helix (book, as subject)
Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature (book, as author)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:neuroscientist
biologist
chemist
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_England
gptkb:San_Diego,_California,_USA
gptkbp:signature Francis Crick signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Odile_Speed
gptkbp:theory gptkb:central_dogma_of_molecular_biology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Francis_Crick
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4