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James Dewey Watson is an American biologist and geneticist who, together with Francis Crick, discovered the double helix structure of DNA. This discovery, published in 1953, laid the foundation for modern genetics by explaining the chemical structure of hereditary information. In 1962, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Maurice Wilkins. Throughout his career, Watson held positions at Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, and the Cold Spring Harbor Labo