wilkins

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Definition of wilkins in English English dictionary

A patronymic surname

{i} family name; Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), English physicist and biochemist born in New Zealand developer of the X-ray technique used by Watson and Crick to discover the structure of the DNA molecule, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine

British biophysicist. He shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for advances in the study of DNA. American civil rights leader. Long associated with the NAACP, he asserted that racial equality should be achieved through the democratic process

Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958)

English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (born in 1916)

United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)

English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (born in 1916) Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958) United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)

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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

born Dec. 15, 1916, Pongaroa, N.Z. died Oct. 6, 2004, London, Eng. New Zealand-born British biophysicist. Educated in Birmingham and Cambridge, he participated in the Manhattan Project, working on the separation of uranium isotopes for use in the atomic bomb. On his return to Britain, he began a series of investigations that led ultimately to his studies of DNA. His X-ray diffraction studies of DNA proved crucial to the determination of DNA's molecular structure by James D. Watson and Francis Crick, for which the three were awarded a 1962 Nobel Prize. He later applied X-ray diffraction techniques to the study of RNA. See also Rosalind Franklin

Maurice Wilkins

{i} Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916-2004), English physicist and biochemist born in New Zealand developer of the X-ray technique used by Watson and Crick to discover the structure of the DNA molecule, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Maurice Wilkins

born Dec. 15, 1916, Pongaroa, N.Z. died Oct. 6, 2004, London, Eng. New Zealand-born British biophysicist. Educated in Birmingham and Cambridge, he participated in the Manhattan Project, working on the separation of uranium isotopes for use in the atomic bomb. On his return to Britain, he began a series of investigations that led ultimately to his studies of DNA. His X-ray diffraction studies of DNA proved crucial to the determination of DNA's molecular structure by James D. Watson and Francis Crick, for which the three were awarded a 1962 Nobel Prize. He later applied X-ray diffraction techniques to the study of RNA. See also Rosalind Franklin

Roy Wilkins

born Aug. 30, 1901, St. Louis, Mo., U.S. died Sept. 8, 1981, New York, N.Y. U.S. civil-rights leader. He was a reporter for the African American-owned Kansas City Call and later became its managing editor. He joined the staff of the NAACP (1931) and became editor (1934-49) of its official publication, The Crisis. In 1955 he began a 22-year tenure as executive director of the NAACP, which he set on a course of seeking equal rights through legal redress. He helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, and he served as chairman of the U.S. delegation to the International Conference on Human Rights in 1968

Hyphenation

Wil·kins

Turkish pronunciation

wîlkînz

Pronunciation

/ˈwəlkənz/ /ˈwɪlkɪnz/

Etymology

() From Middle English Wilkin, from Will , diminutive of William, + -kin, small.