Maurice Wilkins
New Zealand-British biophysicist
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS 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... Wikipedia
Born: December 15, 1916, Pongaroa, New Zealand
Died: October 5, 2004 (age 87 years), Blackheath, London, United Kingdom
Education: University of Birmingham (1938–1940), St John's College (1935–1938), King Edward's School (1929–1935), and more
Known for: X-ray diffraction, DNA
Awards: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1960), Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962), and EMBO Membership (1964)
Parents: Eveline Whittack and Edgar Henry Wilkins
Spouse: Patricia Ann Chidgey (m. 1959–2004) and Ruth Abbot (m. 1944–1947)