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Francis Crick was born in Northampton,England.
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He grauated from University College,London with a bachelor of science degree in Physics
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Began PH.D work at strangeway Laboratory with Arthur Hughes
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Medical Research Unit at Cavendish Lab. and work with Max Perutz and john Kerdrew on protein structure
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Partnered with James D. Watson and colleague Maurice Wilkins to expose the structure of DNA.
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Revealed the structure of DNA. Published this discovery in the April 25 addition of the Journal Nature.
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Won the Nobel Prize. Best recognized for his work in the discovery of the double helix.
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Along with Sydney Brenner, they determined how the sequence of DNA bases would specify the amino acid sequence in proteins.
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Left Cambridge Lab to take a position of Kieckhefer Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego, Cal. He began his project of the study of the brain.
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He died of cancer.
