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===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 β 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 faΓ§ade 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 β Francis Crick|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>
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