Wilkins, Maurice (Hugh Frederick)
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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.
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Wilkins,Maurice Hugh Frederick — Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick. Born 1916. British biophysicist. He shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for advances in the study of DNA. * * * … Universalium
Wilkins , Maurice Hugh Frederick — (1916–) New Zealand–British biophysicist Wilkins was born at Pongaroa in New Zealand. After graduating in physics from Cambridge University in England in 1938, he joined John Randall at Birmingham University to work on the improvement of radar… … Scientists
Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick — ▪ 2005 New Zealand born British biophysicist (b. Dec. 15, 1916, Pongaroa, N.Z. d. Oct. 5, 2004, London, Eng.), used X ray crystallography to investigate the DNA molecule and thereby contributed to the discovery of DNA s structure by James… … Universalium
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins — Maurice H.F. Wilkins Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (* 15. Dezember 1916 in Pongaroa, Nord Wairarapa, Neuseeland; † 5. Oktober 2004 in London) war ein neuseeländischer Physiker und forschte vor allem im Bereich der Röntgenstrahlung. Im Alter von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Wilkins, Maurice (Hugh Frederick) — (15 dic. 1916, Pongaroa, Nueva Zelanda–5 oct. 2004, Londres, Inglaterra). Biofísico británico nacido en Nueva Zelanda. Estudió en Birmingham y Cambridge, participó en el proyecto Manhattan trabajando en la separación de los isótopos de uranio… … Enciclopedia Universal
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins — noun English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916 2004) • Syn: ↑Wilkins, ↑Maurice Wilkins • Instance Hypernyms: ↑biochemist … Useful english dictionary
Medizinnobelpreis 1962: Francis Harry Compton Crick — James Dewey Watson — Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins — Die drei Forscher erhielten den Nobelpreis für ihre Entdeckungen über die Molekularstruktur der Nucleinsäuren und deren Bedeutung für die Informationsübertragung in lebender Materie. Biografien Francis Harry Compton Crick, * Northampton… … Universal-Lexikon
Wilkins, Maurice — ▪ British biophysicist in full Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins born December 15, 1916, Pongaroa, New Zealand died October 6, 2004, London, England New Zealand born British biophysicist whose X ray (X ray diffraction) diffraction studies… … Universalium
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