Object Details
- Subject
- Watson, James Dewey 1928-
- Harvard University
- Summary
- James Dewey Watson (b. 1928) was co-winner of the Nobel prize in 1962 (with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins) for discovery of the structure of DNA. This photograph was distributed by Harvard University News Office in 1960 when the three men received the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for their work revealing the double helical structure of DNA. Watson was then an Associate Professor of Biology at Harvard.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-0954
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1960
- Local number
- SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2010-0954]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Gelatin silver prints; 4.5x 6.5
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Biology
- Nobel Prizes
- DNA
- Physiology
- Medicine
- Record ID
- siris_arc_391844
