Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Watson, James D., 1928-

Date:

10 March 1966

Description:

In this letter Crick expressed his critical reaction to the manuscript of Watson's account of their discovery of the double helix. Crick regarded the book as a betrayal of their friendship, an invasion of his privacy, and a distortion of the scientific methods used in their discovery.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 26. Folder: PP/CRI/D/2/45

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Drafts (documents)

Subject:

DNA and Writing

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/

Legacy ID:

SCBBHR

NLM ID:

101584582X103

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X103

Story Section:

The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953