Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to Andrew Poggenpohl, National Geographic Magazine

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Poggenpohl, Andrew and National Geographic Magazine

Date:

19 August 1974

Description:

In this letter regarding a portrait of Watson and Crick commissioned by National Geographic magazine, Crick mentioned that the parts of their original model of the double helix "were dispersed long ago," and sought to dispel popular misconceptions about the size of DNA molecules.. Crick was never knighted, but in 1991 was appointed to the Order of Merit, the highest recognition bestowed by the queen for distinguished service in science.

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: PP/CRI/A/1/2/6

Rights:

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

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

DNA

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 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:

SCBBJT

NLM ID:

101584582X124

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X124

Story Section:

The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953