* 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
