James Dewey Watson was born on April 6, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, as the only child of James D Watson and Jean Mitchell. Spending his childhood in Chicago, James Watson attended Horace Mann Grammar School and South Shore High School before earning a tuition scholarship the University of Chicago at age 15 for their experimental four-year college. In 1947, he earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology and secured a PhD in 1950 from Indiana University in Bloomington.
James Watson: Co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix
James Watson: Co-discoverer of DNA’s double…
James Watson: Co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix
James Dewey Watson was born on April 6, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, the United States, as the only child of James D Watson and Jean Mitchell. Spending his childhood in Chicago, James Watson attended Horace Mann Grammar School and South Shore High School before earning a tuition scholarship the University of Chicago at age 15 for their experimental four-year college. In 1947, he earned a bachelor’s degree in zoology and secured a PhD in 1950 from Indiana University in Bloomington.