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James Watson

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q28003&amp;oldid=2556651053" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Copley Medal · dated 1993
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1211984&amp;oldid=2549058759" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Double Helix
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13371&amp;oldid=2560802993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard University
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1079140&amp;oldid=2540063586" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Indiana University Bloomington · from 1948 · to 1950
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q17144&amp;oldid=2531981575" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Presidential Medal of Freedom · dated 1977
Notable work: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q29458433&amp;oldid=2427028123" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Molecular Biology of the Gene

Wikidata describes James Watson as American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025).

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