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title: Francis Crick
author: Godfrey Argent
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21340/francis-crick/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)
updated: 2025-12-01
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# Francis Crick
_Authored by Godfrey Argent_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21340.jpg)
## Image Caption
Portrait of Francis Harry Compton Crick, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970.
Depicted here is English molecular biologist Francis Crick (1916-2004), whose work with American molecular biologist James Watson (1928-2025) led to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953.
National Portrait Gallery, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Argent, G. (2025, December 01). Francis Crick. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Argent, Godfrey. "Francis Crick." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2025. .
### MLA
Argent, Godfrey. "Francis Crick." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2025, .
## License & Copyright
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