Francis Harry Compton Crick
(1916-2004), Molecular biologistSitter in 10 portraits
Molecular biologist. Together with J. D. Watson, Crick proposed the model for the structure of DNA, the acid in chromosomes which stores genetic information. They were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology (1962) with the biophysicist Maurice Wilkins.
by Arnold Newman
bromide print, 1978
NPG P150(13)
by Howard Morgan
pencil, 1980
NPG 5372
by Howard Morgan
pencil, 1980
NPG 5373
by Howard Morgan
pencil, 1980
NPG 5374
by Nick Sinclair
bromide print, 1993
NPG P564(5)
James Dewey Watson; Francis Harry Compton Crick
by Antony Barrington Brown
modern bromide print from original negative, 21 May 1953
NPG x45733
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 10 October 1969
NPG x166002
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1970
NPG x7028
by Antony Barrington Brown
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 May 2003
NPG x104813
Francis Harry Compton Crick; Odile Crick (née Speed)
by Antony Barrington Brown
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 21 May 2003
NPG x104814
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