Maurice Wilkins
Also known as Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, Maurice H F Wilkins, Maurice H. F. Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederic Wilkins
nyzeeländsk-brittisk fysiker och molekylärbiolog
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Maurice Wilkins was a New Zealand-born physicist and biologist who worked in England. His research contributed to our understanding of the structure of molecules, which is important for understanding how life works at the most basic level.
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- The Third Man of the Double Helix
- I Spy Halloween
- Old boys of Bangor Grammar School killed in Second World War (1939-1945)
- The seeker
- Sonnets of love and friendship
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- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Puerto Rico
- Active from
- 1953-03-10
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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, född 15 december 1916 i i Manawatu-Wanganui, Nya Zeeland, död 5 oktober 2004 i Blackheath i London, var en nyzeeländsk-brittisk fysiker och molekylärbiolog som fick Nobelpriset i medicin eller fysiologi 1962. Vid sex års ålder flyttade Wilkins till England. Han studerade fysik på vid universitetet i Cambridge. Han var en av de tre som 1962 fick Nobelpriset i medicin eller fysiologi för sin forskning om DNA. De andra två var James Watson och Francis Crick. 1960 tilldelades han Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award.
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1916 births2004 deathsAcademics of King's College LondonAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeAlumni of the University of BirminghamBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBritish molecular biologistsBritish Nobel laureatesCommanders of the Order of the British EmpireEnglish biophysicistsEnglish Nobel laureatesEnglish physicists