Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Watson, James D., 1928-

Date:

10 October 1966

Description:

After his first careful reading of the manuscript of Watson's account of their collaboration, Crick in this letter objected to the account as unscholarly and misleading. He also charged that it did a disservice to science, because it would serve to discourage other scientists from collaborating.. NOTE: The original photocopy is slightly faded.

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, Ethics, Professional, and Writing

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from James D. Watson 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:

SCBBLM

NLM ID:

101584582X154

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X154

Story Section:

The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953