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Maurice Wilkins

Maurice Hugh Frederic Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist.

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Sex or Gender

Male

Member Of

Royal Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organization

Date of Birth

12/15/1916

Date of Death

10/5/2004

Place of Death

Blackheath

Country of Citizenship

New Zealand
United Kingdom

Place of Birth

Pongaroa

Occupation

Biophysicist
Physician
Physicist
Crystallographer
Researcher
Author

Field of Work

Molecular Biology
Phosphorescence
Isotope Separation
Microscopy
X-Ray Crystallography

Award Received

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(1962)
Together With
:
Francis Crick
Together With
:
James Watson
Award Rationale
: for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material
Award Rationale
: för deras upptäckt av nukleinsyrornas molekylära uppbyggnad och dess betydelse för informationsöverföring i levande materia
Point in Time
: 1962
Prize Money
: 85,740 Swedish krona
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal Society
Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
(1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
EMBO Membership
Honorary Member of the British Biophysical Society

Educated At

University of Cambridge
University of Birmingham
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
King Edward's School
St John's College

Academic Degree

Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy

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Employer

University of California, Berkeley
King's College London

Given Name

Maurice

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Уилкинс Морис
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
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Subject Named As
:Wilkins, Maurice, 1916-2004

Participant In

Manhattan Project

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
(1962)
Point in Time
: 1962

Family Name

Wilkins

Doctoral Advisor

John Turton Randall

Name in Native Language

Maurice Hugh Frederic Wilkins

Spouse

Patricia Ann Chidgey
Ruth Wilkins

Different From

Michael H F Wilkinson

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Native Language

English

Interested In

Biochemistry
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