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RefNoEC/1959/08
Previous numbersCert XVI, 244; A01651
LevelItem
TitleCrick, Francis Harry Compton: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionCertificate of Election
CitationCrick's outstanding contribution has been the elucidation of the macro-molecular structure of deoxyribosenucleic acid in collaboration with J D Watson. This led Watson and Crick to suggest a mechanism of replication of the genetic material, which has profoundly affected scientific though in biochemistry and genetics. The starting point for their analysis was a theory of X-ray scattering from helical chain molecules which had been developed by Cochran, Crick and Vand and which has since led to the elucidation of several other fibre structures; Crick himself played a leading part in the determination of the structures of polyglycine II and of collagen. He has also made interesting contributions to the X-ray analysis of crystalline proteins and viruses. By his searching criticism and wealth of ideas he is exercising a wide and stimulating influence on the development of molecular biology in general.
ProposersFrom Personal Knowledge: M F Perutz; Alex R Todd; W L Bragg; D Keilin; F G Young; N F Mott; H Himsworth; F Sanger; Dorothy Hodgkin; H S W Massey; Linus Pauling; A L Hodgkin; J D Bernal; G Pontecorvo; J W S Pringle; Julian Huxley; J T Randall
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Crick, Francis Harry Compton: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA6822Crick; Francis Harry Compton (1916 - 2004)1916 - 2004
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