Maurice Wilkins

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Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine human molecular biologist physicist

Maurice Wilkins was a New Zealand–born British physicist and molecular biologist whose X-ray diffraction work on DNA was central to uncovering its double-helix structure, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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Maurice Wilkins canonical 19
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins 1
Nobel laureate Maurice Wilkins 1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
human ⓘ
molecular biologist ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
burialPlace Gunnersbury Cemetery, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship New Zealand ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
collaboratedWith Francis Crick ⓘ
James Watson ⓘ
surface form: James D. Watson

Rosalind Franklin ⓘ
countryOfBirth New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-10-05 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor John Randall ⓘ
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: St John's College, Cambridge

University of Birmingham ⓘ
employer King’s College London ⓘ
surface form: King's College London
familyName Wilkins ⓘ
fieldOfWork biophysics ⓘ
molecular biology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
fullName Maurice Wilkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
genreOfWriting autobiography ⓘ
givenName Maurice ⓘ
honorificTitle FRS ⓘ
knownFor X-ray diffraction studies of DNA ⓘ
contributions to discovery of DNA double helix structure ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ⓘ
surface form: Physiology or Medicine
NobelPrizeYear 1962 ⓘ
notableStudent Raymond Gosling ⓘ
notableWork The Third Man of the Double Helix ⓘ
X-ray diffraction photographs of DNA fibers ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pongaroa, New Zealand ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Director of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit ⓘ
researchArea DNA structure ⓘ
X-ray crystallography ⓘ
nucleic acids ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Francis Crick ⓘ
James Watson ⓘ
surface form: James D. Watson
workInstitution King’s College London ⓘ
surface form: King's College London

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Francis Crick → coDiscovererWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Francis Crick → nobelPrizeSharedWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
James Watson → coDiscovererWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
James Watson → nobelPrizeSharedWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
King’s College London → hasNotableFaculty → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Rosalind Franklin → influenced → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Maurice Wilkins → fullName → Maurice Wilkins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal and Lecture → namedAfter → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Auckland Grammar School → hasAlumnus → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
DNA → structureElucidatedBy → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Photo 51 → takenInLaboratoryOf → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Photo 51 → associatedWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Photo 51 → namedBy → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
John Randall → notableStudent → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
John Randall → notableColleague → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Pongaroa, New Zealand → notablePersonBornHere → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
Raymond Gosling → collaboratedWith → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
The Third Man of the Double Helix → author → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
The Third Man of the Double Helix → mainSubject → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
The Third Man of the Double Helix → workOf → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nobel laureate Maurice Wilkins
Gunnersbury Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → Maurice Wilkins ⓘ