The
Discovery Memorial
December 15th 2005 saw the official
unveiling of the Discovery Memorial. The sculpture,
entitled Discovery, celebrates Francis Crick's discovery
in 1953 of the DNA double helix, alongside the American
James Watson. Crick, Watson and Maurice Wilkins were
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in
1962.
Francis Harry Compton Crick was born in Weston Favell,
Northampton on 8 June 1916. He died in July 2004, aged
88. The sculpture depicts the twisting strands of a DNA
molecule with the two human figures representing "the
secret of life" that is built from DNA.
Lucy Glendinning, who is
established as a classical sculptor with contemporary
design, created the memorial which was wholly funded by
the Wilson Foundation.
