Maurice Wilkins CBE FRS
Born | Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916-12-15)15 December 1916 Pongaroa, New Zealand
Died | 5 October 2004(2004-10-05) (aged 87) Blackheath, London, England
Education | King Edward's School, Birmingham
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (MA) University of Birmingham (PhD)
Known for | X-ray diffraction, DNA
Spouse(s) | Ruth Wilkins (div.) Patricia Ann Chidgey (m. 1959)
Children | 5
Awards | Lasker Award (1960) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962) EMBO Membership (1964)
Scientific career
Fields | Physics Molecular biology
Institutions | King's College London University of Birmingham University of California, Berkeley University of St Andrews
Thesis | Phosphorescence decay laws and electronic processes in solids (1940)
Doctoral advisor | John Randall