Francis Crick
1916 to 2004
10 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Francis Crick across 8 places, from 1916 to 1976. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Francis Harry Compton Crick (8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004) was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Francis Crick was documented, and when
8 June 1916exact date
Weston Favellattested
“He was born on 8 June 1916 and raised in Weston Favell, then a small village near the English town of Northampton, in which Crick's father and uncle ran the family's boot and shoe factory.”
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1937year
University College Londonattested
“Crick studied at University College London (UCL), a constituent college of the University of London and earned a Bachelor of Science degree awarded by the University of London in 1937.”
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1949year
University of Cambridgeattested
“Crick was in the right place, in the right frame of mind, at the right time (1949), to join Max Perutz's project at the University of Cambridge, and he began to work on the X-ray crystallography of proteins.”
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1952year
Englandattested
“A visit by Erwin Chargaff to England, in 1952, reinforced the salience of this important fact for Watson and Crick.”
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1958 to 2003period
University of Cambridgeattested
“James Watson claimed at a Cambridge conference marking the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA in 2003: Now perhaps it's a pretty well kept secret that one of the most uninspiring acts of the University of Cambridge…”
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1976year
University of Cambridgeattested
“After his short time in New York, Crick returned to Cambridge where he worked until 1976, at which time he moved to California.”
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1976year
Californiaattested
“After his short time in New York, Crick returned to Cambridge where he worked until 1976, at which time he moved to California.”
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1976year
New Yorkattested
“After his short time in New York, Crick returned to Cambridge where he worked until 1976, at which time he moved to California.”
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1976year
Salk Institute for Biological Studiesattested
“In 1976, Crick took a sabbatical year at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.”
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1976year
La Jolla, Californiaattested
“In 1976, Crick took a sabbatical year at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California.”
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Places Francis Crick is documented in
University of Cambridge3 presences · 1949 to 1976California1 presence · 1976England1 presence · 1952New York1 presence · 1976University College London1 presence · 1937
La Jolla, California1 presence · 1976
Salk Institute for Biological Studies1 presence · 1976
Weston Favell1 presence · 1916
Other places tied to Francis Crick in the record
In each of these, a source puts Francis Crick and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Francis Crick was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1951year
University of Cambridgementioned
“Late in 1951, Crick started working with James Watson at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, England.”
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1951year
Cavendish Laboratorymentioned
“Late in 1951, Crick started working with James Watson at Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, England.”
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6 March 1953exact date
Copenhagenmentioned
“Her two manuscripts on form A DNA reached Acta Crystallographica in Copenhagen on 6 March 1953, one day before Crick and Watson had completed their model.”
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April 1953month
University of Oxfordmentioned
“Sydney Brenner, Jack Dunitz, Dorothy Hodgkin, Leslie Orgel, and Beryl M Oughton, were some of the first people in April 1953 to see the model of the structure of DNA, constructed by Crick and Watson; at the time they were working at Oxfo…”
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8 April 1953exact date
Belgiummentioned
“Bragg's original announcement of the discovery at a Solvay conference on proteins in Belgium on 8 April 1953 went unreported by the British press.”
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14 May 1953exact date
Guy's Hospitalmentioned
“Sir Lawrence Bragg, the director of the Cavendish Laboratory, where Watson and Crick worked, gave a talk at Guy's Hospital Medical School in London on Thursday 14 May 1953 which resulted in an article by Ritchie Calder in the News Chroni…”
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14 May 1953exact date
Londonmentioned
“Sir Lawrence Bragg, the director of the Cavendish Laboratory, where Watson and Crick worked, gave a talk at Guy's Hospital Medical School in London on Thursday 14 May 1953 which resulted in an article by Ritchie Calder in the News Chroni…”
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1960year
Churchill College, Cambridgementioned
“In 1960, Crick accepted an honorary fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, one factor being that the new college did not have a chapel.”
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1961year
Moscowmentioned
“Nirenberg first announced his results to a small audience in Moscow at a 1961 conference.”
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1977year
University of Cambridgementioned
“Crick's period at Cambridge was the pinnacle of his long scientific career, but he left Cambridge in 1977 after 30 years, having been offered (and having refused) the Mastership of Gonville and Caius.”
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27 September 2004exact date
San Diegomentioned
“A public memorial was held on 27 September 2004 at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, near San Diego, California; guest speakers included James Watson, Sydney Brenner, Alex Rich, Seymour Benzer, Aaron Klug, Christof Koch, Pat Churchland, Vila…”
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27 September 2004exact date
Salk Institute for Biological Studiesmentioned
“A public memorial was held on 27 September 2004 at the Salk Institute, La Jolla, near San Diego, California; guest speakers included James Watson, Sydney Brenner, Alex Rich, Seymour Benzer, Aaron Klug, Christof Koch, Pat Churchland, Vila…”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
L. Ron HubbardCalifornia · 1976Ian McKellenUniversity of Cambridge · 1958Fred HoyleUniversity of Cambridge · 1958James ChadwickUniversity of Cambridge · 1949J. G. BallardUniversity of Cambridge · 1949Harvey WeinsteinNew York · 1976Alexander CalderNew York · 1976Neil DiamondNew York · 1976Nicholas RayNew York · 1976Gore VidalNew York · 1976Chris CooperNew York · 1976George VILondon · 1952
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Sources
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