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.

Aliases (1)

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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 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 NERFINISHED → University of Birmingham →
employer	King's College London →
familyName	Wilkins →
fieldOfWork	biophysics → molecular biology → physics →
fullName	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	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 D. Watson →
workInstitution	King's College London →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Francis Crick → James Watson →	coDiscovererWith
Francis Crick → James Watson →	nobelPrizeSharedWith
Maurice Wilkins ("Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins") →	fullName
King’s College London →	hasNotableFaculty
Rosalind Franklin →	influenced