Background Info----Graduated in 1937, studied physics at University College, London.
-While obtainign his Ph.D. the outbreak war interrupted him. Thus, he workded as a scientist for the British Admiralty. (Associated with magnetic and acoustic)
-In 1947, he left Admiralty to study biology
-He was graduated with a Ph.D in 1954 on a thesis entitled "X-ray diffraction: polypeptides and proteins"
Year Became Famous---
1962, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with critical influence of J.D. Waston.
Publication Made Him Famous---
From 1951 to 1953 Watson (as a 23 year old young man) along with Crick leading to the proposal of the double-helical structure for DNA and the replication schemein.
Contribution to World Genetic---
The double helical structure of DNA solved the question existed and put together the knowledge they found at the time.
Works Cited
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinne 1962 Francis Crick, james Watson, Maurice Wilkins. September 18, 2010 http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1962/crick-bio.html
James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin. September 18, 2010
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/chemistry-in-history/themes/biomolecules/dna/watson-crick-wilkins-franklin.aspx
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