“so many people pray that one finds it hard to believe that they do not get some satisfaction from it”
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Francis Crick
Francis Harry Compton Crick was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins played crucial roles in deciphering the helical structure of the DNA molecule.
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science · English physicist and biologist (1916–2004) · biologist · geneticist · physicist · neuroscientist · biochemist · molecular biologist · university teacher · biophysicist · writer · also Francis Crick, Francis Harry Compton Crick, Francis H.C. Crick, Crick
Born 8 June 1916 · Died 28 July 2004 · Q123280
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2026· 1 entry
2016· 1 entry
It is the largest centre for biomedical research and innovation in Europe
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2013· 3 entries
Los Angeles Times: Francis Crick letters in spotlight as DNA Day approaches
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Phys.org: Francis Crick's Nobel medal sells for over $2M
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Christian Science Monitor: Francis Crick's Nobel Prize medal to be auctioned
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2005· 1 entry
NPR: Francis Crick's Papers, Drawings Online for First Time
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2004· 6 entries
Houston Chronicle: Eagleman: Francis Crick remembered
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New Scientist: Francis Crick, DNA pioneer, dies
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TechNewsWorld: Francis Crick, Winner of Nobel Prize for DNA Research, Dies
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Died 2004-07-28.
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“Casi todas las consideraciones recientes del origen del universo se basan en la teoría de la Gran Explosión.”
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“A pesar de que el código genético es casi universal, el mecanismo necesario para estructurarlo es demasiado complejo para haber surgido de un solo golpe.”
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2003· 2 entries
Was one of 22 Nobel laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto
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Following an endowment by his former colleague, Sydney Brenner, joint winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine
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1998· 1 entry
"and if some of the Bible is manifestly wrong, why should any of the rest of it be accepted automatically
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1995· 1 entry
Francis Crick signed the Ashley Montagu Resolution petitioning the International Court of Justice (previously the World Court) to help end genital mutation of children, including female genital mutilation, circumcision,
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1987· 2 entries
Won Albert Medal (1987).
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Crick received the Golden Plate Award of the US Academy of Achievement
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1983· 1 entry
As a result of their studies of computer models of neural networks, Crick and Mitchison proposed that the function of REM sleep and dreaming is to remove certain modes of interactions in networks of cells in the mammalia
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1977· 2 entries
Won Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1977).
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After 30 years, having been offered (and having refused) the Mastership of Gonville and Caius
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1976· 2 entries
Crick addressed the origin of protein synthesis in a paper with Sydney Brenner, Aaron Klug, and George Pieczenik
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Crick took a sabbatical year at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California
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1975· 1 entry
Won Copley Medal (1975).
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1972· 1 entry
Won Royal Medal (1972).
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1966· 3 entries
Won Mendel Medal (1966).
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Won Croonian Medal and Lecture (1966).
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Crick took the place of Leslie Orgel at a meeting where Orgel was to talk about the origin of life
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1963· 1 entry
But was often referred to in error as 'Sir Francis Crick' and even on occasions as 'Lord Crick'
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1962· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962).
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Awarded Canada Gairdner International Award (1962).
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1961· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer (1961).
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1960· 3 entries
Awarded Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960).
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“I felt at home in Southern California.”
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Crick accepted an honorary fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, one factor being that the new college did not have a chapel
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1959· 1 entry
A Fellow of the International Academy of Humanism, and a Fellow of CSICOP
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1956· 3 entries
“s RNA group. In this article, Crick reviewed the evidence supporting the idea that there was a common set of about 20 amino acids used to synthesise proteins. Crick proposed that there was a corresponding set of small”
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Crick wrote an informal paper about the genetic coding problem for the small group of scientists in Gamow's RNA group
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Crick and Watson speculated on the structure of small viruses
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1954· 1 entry
At the age of 37, Crick completed his PhD thesis: "X-Ray Diffraction: Polypeptides and Proteins" and received his degree
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1953· 5 entries
Published “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” in Nature — cited 10,509 times.
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By Francis Crick and James Watson while Watson lived here at Clare
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Argues for a double helical DNA backbone
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Watson and Crick published another article in Nature which stated: "it therefore seems likely that the precise sequence of the bases is the code that carries the genetical information"
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Laid the groundwork for understanding DNA structure and functions
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1952· 2 entries
Reinforced the salience of this important fact for Watson and Crick
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Watson performed X-ray diffraction on tobacco mosaic virus and found results indicating that it had helical structure
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1951· 2 entries
Crick started working with James Watson at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, England
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And 1952, together with William Cochran and Vladimir Vand, Crick assisted in the development of a mathematical theory of X-ray diffraction by a helical molecule
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1947· 1 entry
Aged 31, Crick began studying biology and became part of an important migration of physical scientists into biological research
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1946· 1 entry
Crick read Erwin Schrödinger's book, What Is Life
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1918· 1 entry
Crick married twice and fathered three children; his brother Anthony (born in 1918) predeceased him in 1966.
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1916· 1 entry
Born 1916-06-08.
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