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title: James Watson & Francis Crick
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21341/james-watson--francis-crick/
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updated: 2025-12-01
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# James Watson & Francis Crick

_Authored by Unknown Photographer_

## Image File

[![James Watson & Francis Crick](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21341.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21341.jpg)

## Image Caption

Watson and Crick at Banbury meeting, 1983.

A photograph of the co-discoverers of DNA's structure, James Watson (1928-2025) and Francis Crick (1916-2004), posing in front of a double helix model at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's Banbury Center.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, December 01). James Watson & Francis Crick. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21341/james-watson--francis-crick/>
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "James Watson & Francis Crick." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21341/james-watson--francis-crick/>.
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "James Watson & Francis Crick." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21341/james-watson--francis-crick/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://libgallery.cshl.edu/items/show/51769) by **Unknown Photographer**. Submitted by [Kim Martins](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/kim.martins/ "User Page: Kim Martins"), published on 01 December 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

