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The Eagle (formerly known as the Eagle and Child) is a Grade II listed [1] public house in Cambridge, England which opened in 1667 as a coaching inn. [2] It is the second oldest pub in Cambridge, after the Pickerell Inn. [ 3 ]
The Eagle pub is on the north side of the street. [5] In this pub, Francis Crick interrupted lunchtime patrons on 28 February 1953 to announce that he and James Watson had discovered the structure of DNA. [6] [7] There is a blue plaque on the outside wall of the pub to commemorate the event.
Both the pub and shop close during the winter months. [2] The Eagle in Benet Street, Cambridge. The pub in which Francis Crick and James Watson announced that they had "discovered the secret of life" (the structure of DNA). The pub is opposite the Cavendish Laboratory [4] and the event is commemorated by a blue plaque next to the entrance. [5]
The Eagle and Child, nicknamed "the Bird and Baby", [1] is a pub in St Giles', Oxford, England, owned by the Ellison Institute of Technology [2] and previously operated by Mitchells & Butlers as a Nicholson's pub. [3] The pub had been part of an endowment belonging to University College since the 17th century.
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