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James D. Watson

James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick...

Timeline of Events

1953

2.21.1953

Francis Crick and James D. Watson discover the structure of the DNA molecule.

2.28.1953

James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April Nature (pub. April 2).

4.25.1953

Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish ''Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid'' describing the double helix structure of DNA.