Title:

Letter from James D. Watson to Francis Crick

Creator:

Watson, James D., 1928-

Recipient:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

10 May 1966

Description:

This letter was written at the outset of the conflict between Watson and Crick over the publication of Watson's account of their discovery of the double helix. In his letter Watson also reported recent protein sequencing data, the kinds of established scientific communication that for the next year and a half was to be pushed aside by the controversy over Watson's book.

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 James D. Watson.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

DNA and Ethics, Professional

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Francis Crick to James D. Watson (and notes concerning Watson's book, "The Double Helix"), 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:

SCBBLP

NLM ID:

101584582X156

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X156

Story Section:

The Discovery of the Double Helix, 1951-1953