The History Of Francis Crick

  • Birth

    Francis Harry Compton Crick was born on the 8th of June, 1916, at Weston Favell, Northampton, United Kingdom
  • Ruth Dodd

    Francis Crick Married Ruth Doreen Dodd for seven years, with whom he had a son. Ending their relationship, he divorced her in 1947.
  • Born Again

    Dr Francis Crick changed his studies from physics to biology, in which he stated 'almost as if one had to be born again'
  • Second Marriage

    Crick, after his divorce, married Odile Speed (who then became Odile Crick), who he had two daughters with.
  • A Friendship's Beginning

    One of Crick's influences of his career was his friendship with James Watson. the friendship lead to their structure of the DNA molecule
  • Double Helix

    Three papers about the molecular structure of DNA being a double helix were published. Crick, with a number of other scientists were part of this revolutionary discovery
  • RNA

    Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner obtained genetic proof that three bases were read when reading/copying genetic material.
  • Nobel Prize

    Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA. James Watson and Maurice Wilkins also received it. Rosalind Franklin died before the Nobel Prize was awarded
  • Death

    F. Crick died from Colon cancer