(born 1928), US biologist. Together with Francis Crick he proposed the double-helix model for the structure of the DNA molecule. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962.
Definition of Watson, James Dewey in US English:
Watson, James Dewey
proper nounˈwätsən
(born 1928), US biologist. Together with Francis Crick he proposed the double-helix model for the structure of the DNA molecule. He shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962.