Francis Crick

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Also Known As	Francis Harry Compton Crick
Born	June 8, 1916 • Northampton • England
Died	July 28, 2004 (aged 88) • San Diego • California
Awards And Honors	Copley Medal (1975) • Nobel Prize (1962)
Notable Works	“Of Molecules and Men”
Subjects Of Study	DNA • base • codon • double helix • genetic code

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