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British molecular biologist who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA with James Watson (1953), later formulated the Central Dogma of molecular biology (DNA → RNA → protein), and spent his later career studying the neural basis of consciousness at the Salk Institute.
American molecular biologist who co-discovered the double helix structure of DNA with Francis Crick (1953) — winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962) — but who is also notorious for using Rosalind Franklin's data without credit and for making racist statements that ended his institutional career.
British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose X-ray diffraction images of DNA (particularly Photo 51) provided the crucial structural evidence that Watson and Crick used to build their double helix model — without receiving credit until after her death.