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Born6th April, (Chicago, United States)

Together with Francis Crick, Watson was co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA. This they accomplished with the help of earlier research by Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins.

Family

The son of American parents with English, Scottish and Irish roots, James Watson was born in Chicago. One of two children, Watson shared a passion for bird watching with his father, who was a tax-collector. Originally interested in becoming an ornothologist, in he shifted his ambition to studying genetics when he read Erwin Schrodinger's book 'What Is Life?'. In he married Elizabeth Lewis with whom he had two sons, one of whom developed schizophrenia. His son's disease awakened Watson's interest in understanding the genetics behind the disease.

Education

As a child Watson attended Horace Mann Grammar School and then South Shore High School. When 15 years old he went to t James patches watson biography!