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WILKINS, Maurice Hugh Frederick was born on December 15, 1916 in Pongaroa, New Zealand. Son of late E. H. Wilkins and of Eveline Whittaker.
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The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins (Popular Science) New edition by Wilkins, Maurice (2005) Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011WA4QL0/?tag=2022091-20
The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins (Popular Science)
(Quick, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the double...)
Quick, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the double helical structure of DNA? Most people would say Watson and Crick. But most people would make Maurice Wilkins very upset. The Rodney Dangerfield of biology, Wilkins shared the prize with Watson and Crick but missed out on the limelight, due largely to Watson's hit book, The Double Helix. Wilkins thought the book was so misleading he asked Harvard University Press not to publish it. Things have quieted down a bit now, and Wilkins is now telling the story his way. This book tells how he showed his colleagues the x-ray picture that gave them their crucial insight, and about his interactions with Rosalind Franklin, the researcher who actually created the picture, and who also received very little credit for her role in the discovery. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the DNA discovery. Finally Wilkins gets to have his say.
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Maurice Wilkins: The Third Man of the Double Helix: An Autobiography
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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, New Zealand biophysicist. Achievements include research publications on structure of nerve membranes and X-ray diffraction analysis of structure of DNA; development of electron trap theory of phosphorescence and thermo-luminescence, light microscopy techniques for cyto-chemical research, including use of interference microscope for dry mass determination in cells.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, Cambridge, 1940. Doctor of Laws, University Glasgow, 1972. Doctor of Science, Birmingham University, 1992.
Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Dublin, 1992. Doctor of Science, University London, 1998.
Career
Research with Manhattan Project,, University of California, Berkeley, 1944; lecturer, St. Andrews U., 1945; member of faculty, Kings College, London, since 1946; deputy director biophysics unit Medical Research Council,, Kings College, London, 1955-1970; director biophysics unit, Kings College, London, 1970-1972; director neurobiology unit, Kings College, London, 1972-1974; professor molecular biology, Kings College, London, 1962-1970; professor biophysics, Kings College, London, 1970-1981; also director Medical Research Council cell biophysics unit (formerly Medical Research Council neurobiology unit), Kings College, London, 1974-1980; professor emeritus, Kings College, London, since 1981.
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The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins (Popular Science)
(Quick, who won the Nobel Prize for discovering the double...)
- Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins
- The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins (Popular Science) New edition by Wilkins, Maurice (2005) Paperback
- Maurice Wilkins: The Third Man of the Double Helix: An Autobiography
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The Third Man of the Double Helix: The Autobiography of Maurice Wilkins (Popular Science)
Membership
Fellow Royal Society. Member British Biophysics Society (past chairman), American Society Biological Chemists (honorary), British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (president 1969), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary).
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Married Patricia Ann Chidgey, March 12, 1959. Children: Sarah Fenella, George Hugh, Emily Lucy Una, William Henry.
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New Zealand
Education
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1940
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1972
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1992
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1992
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1998
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Decorated commander British Empire. Recipient Albert Lasker award American Public.Health Association, 1960, Nobel prize for physiology and medicine (with F.H.C. Crick and Juris Doctor Watson), 1962. Fellow King's College, since 1973.Decorated commander British Empire. Recipient Albert Lasker award American Public.Health Association, 1960, Nobel prize for physiology and medicine (with F.H.C. Crick and Juris Doctor Watson), 1962. Fellow King's College, since 1973.