| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | James Dewey Watson |
| Born | April 6, 1928, Chicago, USA |
| Died | November 7, 2025, East Northport, New York (Age 97) |
| Co-Discoverer of DNA Structure (Double Helix) | 1953 |
| Collaborator | Francis H.C. Crick |
| Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | 1962 |
| Key Contribution | Co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA |
| Published In | Nature (1953) |
| Foundation Laid | Modern molecular biology, genetic mutation studies, genome engineering |
| Human Genome Project | Mapped over 3 billion base pairs of human DNA (1980s-1990s) |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Director (1968-1994), elevated the lab to a global genetic research hub |
| Academic Career | Ph.D. from Indiana University, professor at Harvard University, author of Molecular Biology of the Gene |
| Controversies | 2007 Comments: Suggested Black people were inherently less intelligent, criticism for portrayal of Rosalind Franklin, auction of Nobel Prize (2014) |
| Notable Book | The Double Helix (1968) |
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