Molecular biologist. Born New Zealand. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilson. 1962 awarded a Nobel Prize with Crick and Watson, for their work on the theory of a double-helix structure for DNA.
Died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.
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Maurice Wilkins
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DNA at Kings
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