Although Maurice Wilkins (born 1916) is best known for his role in discovering the "double helix" structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecules--the molecules carrying the genetic information from which all life is formed--he has worked to...

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins is best known for the assistance he provided to molecular biologists James D. Watson and Francis Crick in their quest to uncover the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the genetic blueprint of heredity in humans...

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins is best known for his work regarding the discovery of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Along with American molecular biologist James D. Watson (1924- ) and English molecular biologist Francis Crick (1916- ),...

Maurice Wilkins was born on December 15, 1916, at Pongaroa, New Zealand. At the age of six, he was brought to England. His career began as a nuclear physicist. Wilkins earned a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in 1940. During World War II, he...

Maurice Wilkins was born on December 15, 1916, at Pongaroa, New Zealand. At the age of six, he was brought to England. His career began as a nuclear physicist. Wilkins earned a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham in 1940. During World War II, he...

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins is a British born physicist known for helping to identify the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). He was born on December 15, 1916 in Pongaroa, New Zealand, the son of a physician. Young Wilkins shared his father's...