James Watson

Acting

April 6, 1928— November 6, 2025 (age 97)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Dr James Watson, Dr. James Watson, James Dewey Watson, James D. Watson, James Dewey Watson KBE

Biography

James Watson is an American scientist who earned a B.Sc. degree in Zoology from the University of Chicago in 1947 and received a Ph.D. degree in Zoology in 1950 from Indiana University. He is the co-discoverer of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953, and shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his research.