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Francis Crick Signature with Maurice HF Wilkins Signature and James D. Watson Signature. ...
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Francis Crick Signature with Maurice HF Wilkins Signature and James D. Watson Signature. Group of three signatures relating to scientists involved in the structuring of the DNA double helix. Includes:Francis Crick Signature. One page, 6" x 4", no place; no date. Signed, "Francis Crick." Signed on the back of a lined notecard. Small piece of tape affixed to the top recto. Pencil notation to verso.
Maurice HF Wilkins Signature. One page, 5" x 3", no place; no date. Signed, "MHF Wilkins." Very minor spot of damage from tape removal to top recto. Pencil notation to verso.
James D. Watson Signature. One page, 5" x 3", no place; no date. Signed, "James D. Watson." Small piece of tape affixed to the top recto. Pencil notation to verso.
In 1962, Dr. Francis Harry Compton Crick (1916-2004), Dr. James Dewey Watson (1928) and Dr. Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916-2004) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "...their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." It was a discovery that launched a scientific revolution and forever changed man's understanding of life.
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2021 May 19 Historical Manuscripts Signature Auction #6236 (go to Auction Home page)
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