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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS (15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate whose research spanned multiple areas of physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction.
Apr 16, 2024 · Maurice Wilkins was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist whose X-ray diffraction studies of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) proved crucial to the determination of DNA’s molecular structure by James D. Watson and Francis Crick.
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Oct 5, 2011 · Maurice Wilkins was a biophysicist who studied the structure of DNA and RNA by X-ray diffraction. He shared the Nobel Prize with Watson and Crick for their discovery of the double helix model of DNA.
Oct 5, 2004 · Maurice Wilkins was a New Zealand-born biophysicist who worked with Rosalind Franklin to determine the structure of DNA. He shared the Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and James Watson for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids.
Learn about the life and work of Maurice Wilkins, the "third man" of the double helix, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize with James Watson and Francis Crick. Discover how he used X-ray crystallography to study DNA, and how he collaborated and competed with Rosalind Franklin.
Already at work at King’s College was Maurice Wilkins, a New Zealand–born but Cambridge-educated physicist. As a new PhD he worked during World War II on the improvement of cathode-ray tube screens for use in radar and then was shipped out to the United States to work on the Manhattan Project.
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Maurice Wilkins (1916–2004) was a Nobel Prize winner for his work on DNA structure at King’s. He also worked on radar, isotope separation and nuclear disarmament.
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