Editing Francis Crick (section)

==Awards and honours==
[[File:Crick-stainedglass-gonville-caius.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Stained glass window in the dining hall of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Caius College]], in Cambridge, commemorating Francis Crick and representing the double helical structure of [[B-DNA]].]]

In addition to his third share of the 1962 Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine, he received many awards and honours, including the Royal and Copley medals of the Royal Society (1972 and 1975), and also the Order of Merit (on 27 November 1991); he refused an offer of a CBE in 1963,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cabinet Office list of honours declined by since deceased persons, 1951–1999 |url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/document2012-01-24-075439.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120404175744/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/document2012%2D01%2D24%2D075439.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 April 2012 |access-date=2 November 2016 }}</ref> but was often referred to in error as 'Sir Francis Crick' and even on occasions as 'Lord Crick'. He was elected an [[EMBO Member]] in 1964.<ref name=membo>{{cite web|url=http://people.embo.org/profile/francis-hc-crick|website=people.embo.org|publisher=[[European Molecular Biology Organization]]|location=Heidelberg|title=Francis Crick EMBO profile}}</ref>

The award of Nobel prizes to John Kendrew and Max Perutz, and to Crick, Watson, and Wilkins was satirised in a short sketch in the BBC TV programme ''[[That Was The Week That Was]]'' with the Nobel Prizes being referred to as 'The Alfred Nobel Peace Pools'.

He was an elected member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1962),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Francis Harry Compton Crick |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/francis-harry-compton-crick |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences }}</ref> the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] (1969),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Francis Crick |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/46730.html |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> and the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1972).<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Francis+Crick&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

===Francis Crick Medal and Lecture===
The [[Crick Lecture|Francis Crick Medal and Lecture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://royalsociety.org/awards/francis-crick-lecture/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211202353/https://royalsociety.org/awards/francis-crick-lecture/|publisher=Royal Society|location=London|title=Francis Crick Medal and Lecture: This prize lecture is given on a subject in the field of biology|archive-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> was established in 2003 following an endowment by his former colleague, [[Sydney Brenner]], joint winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.<ref>[http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?tip=1&id=1809 The Francis Crick Lecture (2003)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112005611/http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?tip=1&id=1809 |date=12 November 2007 }}: [[The Royal Society]] website. Retrieved 12 July 2006.</ref> The lecture is delivered annually in any field of biological sciences, with preference given to the areas in which Francis Crick himself worked. Importantly, the lectureship is aimed at younger scientists, ideally under 40, or whose career progression corresponds to this age. {{As of|2019}}, Crick lectures have been delivered by [[Julie Ahringer]], [[Dario Alessi]], [[Ewan Birney]], [[Simon Boulton]], Jason Chin, [[Simon Fisher]], [[Matthew Hurles]], [[Gilean McVean]], [[Duncan Odom]], [[Geraint Rees]], [[Sarah Teichmann]], [[M. Madan Babu]] and [[Daniel Wolpert]].

===Francis Crick Institute===
The [[Francis Crick Institute]] is a £660&nbsp;million biomedical research centre located in north London, United Kingdom.<ref name=guardianplans>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/19/largest-biomedical-research-facility-europe|title=Plans for largest biomedical research facility in Europe unveiled|access-date=11 August 2010|work=The Guardian| location=London | first=Alok | last=Jha | date=19 June 2010}}</ref> The Francis Crick Institute is a partnership between [[Cancer Research UK]], [[Imperial College London]], King's College London, the Medical Research Council, University College London (UCL) and the [[Wellcome Trust]].<ref name=the15411>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415855&c=1|title=Three's company: Imperial, King's join UCL in £700m medical project|access-date=16 April 2011|magazine=[[Times Higher Education]]| date=15 April 2011}}</ref> Completed in 2016, it is the largest centre for biomedical research and innovation in Europe.<ref name=guardianplans/>

===Francis Crick Graduate Lectures===
The University of Cambridge Graduate School of Biological, Medical and Veterinary Sciences hosts The Francis Crick Graduate Lectures. The first two lectures were by [[John Gurdon]] and [[Tim Hunt]].<ref>''[http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/adverts/johngurdon.html Back and Forward: From University to Research Institute; From Egg to Adult, and Back Again] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103011540/http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/adverts/johngurdon.html |date=3 January 2006 }}'' by Professor Sir John Gurdon, Francis Crick Graduate Lectures, 29 November 2005. [[University of Cambridge]].</ref><ref>''[http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/adverts/timhunt-review.html A Life in Science] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060103013105/http://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/gradschool/adverts/timhunt-review.html |date=3 January 2006 }}'' by Dr Tim Hunt, Francis Crick Graduate Lectures, 29 June 2005. [[University of Cambridge]].</ref>

===Other honours===
* Crick was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1959|Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1959]],<ref name=frs/><ref name=rsbm/> a Fellow of the [[International Academy of Humanism]], and a Fellow of [[CSICOP]].
* In 1987, Crick received the Golden Plate Award of the US [[Academy of Achievement]].<ref name="achievement.org">{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Summit Overview Photo| url= https://achievement.org/summit/}}</ref>
* The inscription on the helices of a DNA sculpture (which was donated by James Watson) outside Thirkill Court, [[Clare College, Cambridge]], reads: "The structure of DNA was discovered in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson while Watson lived here at Clare." and on the base: "The double helix model was supported by the work of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins."
* Another sculpture entitled ''Discovery'', by artist Lucy Glendinning, was installed on 13 December 2005 in Abington Street, Northampton.<ref>{{cite news |title=Memorial design for Crick chosen |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4081196.stm |work=BBC News |date=10 June 2005}}</ref> According to the late Lynn Wilson, chairman of the Wilson Foundation, "The sculpture celebrates the life of a world class scientist who must surely be considered the greatest Northamptonian of all time&nbsp;— by discovering DNA he unlocked the whole future of genetics and the alphabet of life."
* Westminster City Council unveiled a green plaque to Francis Crick on the front façade of 56 St George's Square, Pimlico, London SW1 on 20 June 2007; Crick lived in the first floor flat, together with [[Robert Dougall]] of BBC radio and later TV fame, a former Royal Navy associate.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224353/http://www.westminster.gov.uk/councilgovernmentanddemocracy/councils/pressoffice/news/pr-3802.cfm Westminster honours Francis Crick (20/06/2007)]. City of Westminster.</ref>
* At a meeting of the executive council of the [[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]] (CSI) (formerly CSICOP) in [[Denver]], Colorado in April 2011, Crick was selected for inclusion in CSI's Pantheon of Skeptics.  The Pantheon of Skeptics was created by CSI to remember the legacy of deceased fellows of CSI and their contributions to the cause of scientific scepticism.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pantheon of Skeptics|url=http://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics|website=CSI|publisher=[[Committee for Skeptical Inquiry]]|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131054129/http://www.csicop.org/about/the_pantheon_of_skeptics|archive-date=31 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* A sculpted bust of Francis Crick by [[John Sherrill Houser]], which incorporates a single "Golden" Helix, was cast in bronze in the artist's studio in New Mexico, US. The bronze was first displayed at the Francis Crick Memorial Conference (on Consciousness) at Churchill College, Cambridge on 7 July 2012; it was bought by Mill Hill School in May 2013, and displayed at the inaugural Crick Dinner on 8 June 2013, and was again at their Crick Centenary Dinner in 2016.
* The [[Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences]] of the [[American Philosophical Society]] (2001), together with Watson.<ref name="franklinscience_recipients">{{cite web|url=http://www.amphilsoc.org/prizes/franklinscience |title=Benjamin Franklin Medal for Distinguished Achievement in the Sciences Recipients |publisher=[[American Philosophical Society]] |access-date=27 November 2011}}</ref>
* Crick featured in the BBC Radio 4 series ''[[The New Elizabethans]]'' to mark the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II]] in 2012. A panel of seven academics, journalists and historians named Crick among a group of 60 people in the UK "whose actions during the reign of Elizabeth II have had a significant impact on lives in these islands and given the age its character".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxs2c/features/about|publisher=BBC|title=The New Elizabethans – Francis Crick|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>