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title: James Watson
author: Unknown Photographer
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21345/james-watson/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-12-01
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# James Watson
_Authored by Unknown Photographer_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21345.jpg)
## Image Caption
Portrait of James Dewey Watson, 1969.
Photographed here is American molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA's structure James Watson (1928-2025).
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Photographer, U. (2025, December 01). James Watson. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Photographer, Unknown. "James Watson." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 01, 2025. .
### MLA
Photographer, Unknown. "James Watson." *World History Encyclopedia*, 01 Dec 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://libgallery.cshl.edu/items/show/51252) 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.