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Authorised form of nameWilkins; Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916 - 2004); molecular biologist
Dates1916 - 2004
NationalityBritish
Place of birthPongaroa, New Zealand, Oceania
Date of birth15/12/1916
Place of deathLondon
Date of death05/10/2004
OccupationMolecular biologist
Research fieldBiophysics
ActivityEducation:
Family moved to England (1923); Wylde Greene College, Birmingham; King Edward's High School, Birmingham; studied physics at St John's College, Cambridge, member of Cambridge Scientists' Anti-War Group and University Socialist Society, joined Communist Party, graduated 1938; research in thermoluminescence with John Randall, Birmingham University, PhD (1940)
Career:
Ministry of Home Security and Aircraft Production research scientist, Birmingham University (1940), worked on radar development with John Randall and then worked with Sir Marcus Oliphant's group on the separation of uranium isotopes for atomic bomb project with Rudolph Peierls and Otto Frisch, moved with group to University of California at Berkeley to work on Manhattan Project (1944); moved with John Randall's biophysics group to St Andrews University, Lecturer in Physics, then moved with group to new Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit at King's College, London (1946), worked on X-ray diffraction; Albert Lasker Award (1960); Deputy Director, Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit (1955-1970), Lecturer, Biophysics (1958-1963), Professor of Molecular Biology (1963-1970), Director, Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit (1970 - 1972, 1974-1980), Professor of Biophysics (1970-1981), Professor Emeritus, Fellow (1973-2004), King's College London; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with Francis Crick and James Watson (1962); president, British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (1969-1991); president, Food and Disarmament International (1984-2004); member of Pugwash movement; involved with Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Medals and prizes:
Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) 1962
Honours:
CBE 1963
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/03/1959
Age at election42
RelationshipsParents: Edgar Henry and Evelyn Wilkins
Married: Patricia Chidgey (1959)
General contextWorked along side Rosalind Franklin; using x-ray crystallography to investigate the molecular structure of DNA and helped unlock the double helix structure of DNA. Wilkins's was a political activist opposing nuclear proliferation and supporting Third World development in the 1980s.
SourcesObituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2006 vol 52 pp 455-478, plate, by Struther Arnott, T W B Kibble and Tim Shallice
Obituaries in Financial Times, Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian (7 October 2004), Independent (9 October 2004)

References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281
Anne Cooke, 'Shedding light on the enigmatic Rosalind Franklin. Rosalind Franklin - the dark lady of DNA, by B Maddox' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 239-243
F Lambert, 'News of the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 265-266
B Lovell, 'The cavity magnetron in World War II: was the secrecy justified?' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 283 - 294
King's College London, 'DNA and Social Responsibility: Cataloguing the personal papers of Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004)' http://dnaandsocialresponsibility.blogspot.com/ (accessed 12/10/2022)
Royal Society codeNA6118
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
RR/67/367Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick WilkinsDecember 1940
RR/66/186Letter from W C Cooper, for the Director of Scientific Research, Air Ministry, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins3 May 1940
RR/66/236Letter from Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins14 December 1939
RR/66/238Referee's report by Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins[January 1940]
RR/66/255Letter to Bennett Archambault, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 July 1942
RR/66/253Letter to Cambridge University Press, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins1 May 1940
RR/66/252Letter from S H Taylor, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins25 April 1940
RR/66/247Second letter from John Turton Randall, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins11 April 1940
RR/66/251Letter from Herbert John Gough, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins23 April 1940
RR/67/371Letter from John Turton Randall, on his papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' with Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton5 November 1941
RR/67/369Letter from John Turton Randall, on his papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' with Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society10 February 1941
RR/67/379Letter from the Ministry of Home Security on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society25 October 1943
RR/68/320Second receipt from G F J Garlick, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkinsnd [March 1944]
RR/68/315Receipt from D S Parkes, Ministry of Aircraft Production, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 March 1944
RR/68/312Fourth letter to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 May 1943
RR/68/318Receipt from G F J Garlick, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkinsnd [March 1944]
RR/68/322Receipt from H E Beckett, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins11 March 1944
RR/68/339Letter from Hecht, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins6 March 1944
RR/68/317Receipt from E C S [?], University of Leeds Physics Department, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkinsnd [March 1944]
RR/68/298Summary of paper and referee's remarks, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins[1942]
RR/68/330Letter to Charles Seymour Wright, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/333Letter to John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/335Letter to Edmund Clifton Stoner, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/340Letter from Ben Lockspeiser, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins6 March 1944
RR/68/343Letter to Hecht, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins8 March 1944
RR/68/336Letter to G F J Garlick, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/344Second letter to Ben Lockspeiser, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins8 March 1944
RR/68/334Letter to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/321Receipt from Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins5 March 1944
RR/68/316Receipt from John Turton Randall, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins4 March 1944
RR/68/345Letter from H E Beckett, John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins9 March 1944
RR/68/347Second letter to F G Nicholls, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins13 March 1944
RR/68/348Letter from J H E Griffith, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins17 March 1944
RR/68/314Third letter from Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins13 December 1943
RR/68/349Third letter to H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins27 March 1944
RR/68/327Letter to T Walmsley, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
IM/004915Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Fredericknd
RR/66/239Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Herbert John Gough, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins24 January 1940
RR/66/248Letter to David Randall Pye, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins19 April 1940
RR/66/244Letter from John Turton Randall, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins3 April 1940
RR/66/242Letter from Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 February 1940
RR/66/240Letter from Herbert John Gough, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins30 January 1940
RR/66/250Letter from Reginald Edward Stradling, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins23 April 1940
RR/67/368Letters from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to various recipients 17 January 1941
RR/67/373Letters from Herbert John Gough, Ministry of Supply on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society21 November 1941
RR/67/372Letters from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to Herbert John Gough, Ministry of Supply11 November 1941
RR/67/376Letter from John Turton Randall, on his papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' with Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society24 August 1942
RR/67/370Letter from the Ministry of Supply, on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society17 February 1941
RR/67/378Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to the Ministry of Home Security26 October 1943
RR/67/375Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to the author26 November 1941
RR/68/323Receipt from E Swordcroft [?] for DCD, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins11 March 1944
RR/68/319Receipt from Nevill Francis Mott, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins4 March 1944
RR/68/350Second letter from H E Beckett, John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins28 March 1944
RR/68/332Letter to Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/311Letter from Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins1 December 1942
RR/68/328Letter to Ben Lockspeiser, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/313Second letter from Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins21 September 1943
RR/68/337Letter to Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/66/241Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins7 February 1940
EC/1959/24Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/AR/7194Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Fredericknd
RR/66/254Letter from Bennett Archambault, to Archibald Vivian Hill, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins7 July 1942
RR/67/366Memorandum from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to William Lawrence Bragg11 November 1940
RR/67/365Letter from Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins12 November 1940
RR/67/377Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to Nevill Francis Mott26 October 1943
RR/68/309Letter to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, from Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins19 November 1942
RR/68/302Letter from Nevill Francis Mott, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins7 August 1942
RR/68/296Referee's report by John Turton Randall, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins[August 1942]
RR/66/243Request from John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkinsnd [1940]
RR/66/237Memoranda, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins3 January 1940
RR/66/245Note, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins8 April 1940
RR/66/249Letter from H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins19 April 1940
RR/67/374Letter from J D Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society on two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins to the Ministry of Supply 26 November 1941
RR/67/380List of recipients of two papers 'Phosphorescence and electron traps - I. The study of trap distributions' and Phosphorescence and electron traps II. The interpretation of long-period phosphorescence' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins 1943
RR/68/324Receipt from the Australian Scientific Research Liaison Office, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkinsnd [March 1944]
RR/68/329Letter to H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/299Letter from Marcus Laurence Elwin Oliphant, to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 November 1940
RR/68/306Second letter to John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 September 1942
RR/68/341Letter from H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins3 March 1944
RR/68/305Letter from John Turton Randall, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins7 September 1942
RR/68/342Second letter to H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins8 March 1944
RR/68/307Second letter to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins16 October 1942
RR/68/297Second referee's report by Edmund Clifton Stoner, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins21 May 1943
RR/68/308Letter to Nevill Francis Mott, from Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins9 November 1942
RR/66/246Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins9 April 1940
RR/68/346Letter from F G Nicholls, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins10 March 1944
RR/68/304Letter to John Turton Randall, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins12 August 1942
RR/68/300Letter from Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins1 August 1942
RR/68/331Letter to F G Nicholls, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins2 March 1944
RR/68/338Letter to H E Beckett, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins6 March 1944
RR/68/310Third letter to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins20 November 1942
RR/68/326Letter from Charles Seymour Wright, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins4 February 1944
RR/66/188Letter to J Thewlis, for Director of Scientific Research, Ministry of Aircraft Production, regarding three papers 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, and 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins22 May 1941
RR/66/187Letter from J Thewlis, for Director of Scientific Research, Ministry of Aircraft Production, regarding three papers 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, and 'The phosphorescence of various solids' by John Turton Randall and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins19 May 1941
RR/68/325Note to Cambridge University Press, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins28 January 1944
RR/68/301Letter to Nevill Francis Mott, regarding a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins4 August 1942
RR/68/303Memoranda, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins15 August 1942
RR/68/295Referee's report by Edmund Clifton Stoner, on a paper 'Short period phosphorescence and electron traps' by G F J Garlick and Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins12 October 1942
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