Along with Maurice Wilkins, James D. Watson (born 1928) and Francis Crick (1916–2004) shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovering the function and structure of DNA, providing the prime impetus for further research in the emerging fields of molecular genetics and biochemistry. Ink signatures of Francis Crick, James D. Watson and M. H. F. Wilkins on individual off-white cards and slips. In very fine condition. RRAuction COA. RRAuction COA.