He was born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Horace Mann Grammar School and South Shore High School. He stayed there until he won a scholarship to the University of Chicago, and enrolling at age 15. He had two sons, Duncan James Watson, and Rufus Robert Watson. He was married Elizabeth Watson in 1968 In 1947 he got his Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology1. At the University of Copenhagen, he began his investigation of the structure of DNA3. Later he went to Indiana University in Bloomington, he got his Ph.D. in Zoology in 19501. In 1955 he moved to Harvard University, he taught biology for 15 years and conducted research2. He became interested in the work of scientist while he was working at the University of Cambridge3.
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Watson has made many accomplishments throughout his life2. He was one of three that published their finding on DNA molecules, which won them a Nobel Prize3. He taught for 15 years at Harvard University2. While he was there, he published his very own book called Molecular Biology of the Gene, which became one of the most extensively used biology texts3.
In 1951 he went to the Zoological Station at Naples and met Maurice Wilkins and saw crystalline DNA’s X-rays diffraction pattern for the first time3. That fall he moved his research to the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory2. He met Francis Crick there too who shared his interest in puzzling out the structure of DNA1. Model showed the DNA molecule could duplicate itself3. They published their findings in the British journal Nature in April-May 19532.
James D. Watson is famous because he was one of three that wrote the papers that laid down the double helical structure of DNA. His best seller autobiographical The Double Helix was published in 19682.
Memorials for James D. Watson include a monument at the American Museum of Natural History in New York4. The model that he helped build in 1953, was reconstructed mostly out of its original pieces in 1973, and it was donated to the National Science Museum in London4. He was mostly responsible for discovering the DNA molecule4. It is still used today for biology and in
Watson has made many accomplishments throughout his life2. He was one of three that published their finding on DNA molecules, which won them a Nobel Prize3. He taught for 15 years at Harvard University2. While he was there, he published his very own book called Molecular Biology of the Gene, which became one of the most extensively used biology texts3.
In 1951 he went to the Zoological Station at Naples and met Maurice Wilkins and saw crystalline DNA’s X-rays diffraction pattern for the first time3. That fall he moved his research to the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory2. He met Francis Crick there too who shared his interest in puzzling out the structure of DNA1. Model showed the DNA molecule could duplicate itself3. They published their findings in the British journal Nature in April-May 19532.
James D. Watson is famous because he was one of three that wrote the papers that laid down the double helical structure of DNA. His best seller autobiographical The Double Helix was published in 19682.
Memorials for James D. Watson include a monument at the American Museum of Natural History in New York4. The model that he helped build in 1953, was reconstructed mostly out of its original pieces in 1973, and it was donated to the National Science Museum in London4. He was mostly responsible for discovering the DNA molecule4. It is still used today for biology and in