Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to Nathan M. Pusey, Harvard University

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Pusey, Nathan M. and Harvard University

Date:

1 December 1966

Description:

Crick protested against the proposed publication of Watson's account of their collaboration to the president of Harvard University, Watson's home institution and the intended publisher of his book. Crick criticized Watson's account as unscholarly, "a gross and unnecessary invasion of my privacy and in poor taste."

Original Repository:

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

Location:

Box: 75. Folder: PP/CRI/I/3/8/4

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 and Ethics, Professional

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Nathan M. Pusey, Harvard University to Francis Crick, 1966

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:

SCBBKZ

NLM ID:

101584582X146

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X146

Story Section:

The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953