Letter from Francis Crick to Jacques Monod
- Title:
- Letter from Francis Crick to Jacques Monod
- Creator:
- Crick, Francis, 1916-2004
- Recipient:
- Monod, Jacques
- Date:
- 31 December 1961
- Description:
- In this letter Crick appraised the contributions made by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin to the discovery of the double helix, stating that "the data which really helped us to obtain the structure was mainly obtained by Rosalind Franklin." In addition, Crick claimed credit for James Watson and himself for stimulating recent crystallographic studies of virus structures, studies the two first undertook when Watson returned to the Cavendish for a second extended visit in 1955.. Finally, Crick mentioned the beginning of his affiliation with the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in La Jolla.
- Original Repository:
- The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers
- Location:
- Box: 82. Folder: PP/CRI/H/3/5/1
- 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:
- 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:
- SCBBFW
- NLM ID:
- 101584582X67
- Profiles Collection:
- The Francis Crick Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X67
- Story Section:
- Deciphering the Genetic Code, 1958-1966