Walter Drawbridge Crick Explained

Walter Drawbridge Crick (15 Dec. 1857, Hanslope – 23 Dec. 1903) was an English businessman, amateur geologist and palaeontologist.[1] [2] He published with Charles Darwin.[3] He was the grandfather (by his son Harry) of Francis Crick, the molecular geneticist.[4]

Born at Pinion End Farm, Hanslope,[5] Crick went into business as a shoemaker, founding a company based at St Giles Street, Northampton that was inherited by his son Walter.[6]

Crick was one of the correspondents of More Letters of Charles Darwin.

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  1. Thompson, Beeby. Obituary. Mr. W. D. Crick, F.G.S.. Northamptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club. 1905. 12. 134–144.
  2. [William Sarjeant|Sarjeant, William A. S.]
  3. Crick and Darwin's shared publication in Nature. Ridley, Matt. Matt Ridley. Nature. 2004. 431. 7006. 244. 10.1038/431244a. 15372004. 2004Natur.431..244R. free.
  4. News: Ridley, Matt. Excerpt from Chapt. 1, Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code. NY Times. 30 July 2006.
  5. Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society and Field Club, vol. 12, 1905, Obituary- W. D. Crick, F.G.S., p. 134
  6. Haters, Baiters and Would-Be Dictators: Anti-Semitism and the UK Far Right, Nick Toczek, Routledge, 2016, p. 246

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