Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Maurice_Hugh_Frederick_Wilkins
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf biologist
chemist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Lasker_Award_for_Basic_Medical_Research
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-12-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Pongaroa,_New_Zealand
gptkbp:causeOfDeath natural causes
gptkbp:children 4
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 2004-10-05
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:John_Randall
gptkbp:education gptkb:St_John's_College,_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkbp:fieldOfWork biophysics
molecular biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Raymond_Gosling
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Rosalind_Franklin
gptkbp:knownFor X-ray diffraction studies of DNA
contribution to discovery of DNA structure
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Manhattan_Project
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Francis_Crick
gptkb:James_Watson
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1962
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Raymond_Gosling
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
biologist
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:The_Third_Man_of_the_Double_Helix
gptkbp:religion agnostic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:St._John-at-Hampstead_Churchyard,_London
gptkbp:signature Maurice Wilkins signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Patricia_Ann_Chidgey
gptkb:Ruth_Wilkins
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:The_Third_Man_of_the_Double_Helix_(autobiography)
biography
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:King's_College_London
gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maurice_Wilkins
gptkb:Sir_Maurice_Wilkins
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5