Person Wilkins; Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916 - 2004); molecular biologist Wilkins Maurice Hugh Frederick molecular biologist 1916 - 2004 British Male Pongaroa, New Zealand, Oceania 15/12/1916 19161215 London 05/10/2004 20041005

Molecular biologist Biophysics Education: 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 Parents: Edgar Henry and Evelyn Wilkins Married: Patricia Chidgey (1959) Worked 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. Fellow 19/03/1959 42 Obituaries: 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) ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org 15 Dec 1916 - NA6118 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d8965829-3782-4654-8e69-08fded4bc217