James Watson

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

April 6, 1928

Age at death

97

Died

November 6, 2025

From

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.