JAMES WATSON PASSED AWAY

* JAMES WATSON, AN EMINENT BIOLOGIST PASSED AWAY ON 6TH NOVEMBER 2025.

* BORN ON 6TH APRIL 1928 

* JAMES DEWEY WATSON, AN AMERICAN BIOLOGIST 

* JAMES WATSON ALONG WITH FRANCIS CRICK PROPOSED THE DOUBLE HELIX STRUCTURE OF THE DNA MOLECULE.

* FROM 1956- 1976 WATSON WAS FACULTY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY ( BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT) 

* WATSON STARTED HIS CAREER IN ORINTHOLOGY. 

AS AUTHOR - 

* MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE GENE (1965) 

* THE DOUBLE HELIX (1968) 

* AVOID BORING PEOPLE ( AUTOBIOGRAPHY) 

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AWARDS - 

* 1960 - ALBERT LASKER AWARD 

* 2001 - BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MEDAL 

* 1959 - ELLI LILIY AWARD FOR BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 

* 2002 - HONORARY KNIGHT COMMANDER OFE THEE ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE 

* JOHN J CARTY AWARD 

* 1962 - NOBEL PRIZE 

* 1986 - GOLDEN PLATE MEDAL 

* 2005 - OTHMER GOLD MEDAL