Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine 1962
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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, born on December 15, 1916, in Pongaroa, New Zealand, was a physicist and molecular biologist. He is best known for his contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material. Wilkins passed away on October 5, 2004.
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- Who is Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins?
- Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, born on December 15, 1916, in Pongaroa, New Zealand, was a physicist and molecular biologist. He is best known for his contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material. Wilkins passed away on October 5, 2004.
- In what year did Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins win the Nobel Prize?
- 1962 — Medicine