Francis Crick
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Science
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Genetics
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Francis Crick discovered the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), theorized on the sequence hypothesis and mechanism of protein synthesis, and laid the foundation for modern genetics and molecular biology.
Early Life
Francis Harry Compton Crick was born June 8, 1916, in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He attended Mill Hill School, London, and studied physics at University College, London, where he received his B.Sc. degree in 1937. Crickâs Ph.D. research in physics was halted by the outbreak of World War II in 1939. For...
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