# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-ernest-wilkins-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:23:57.576Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-ernest-wilkins-jr"
name: "J. Ernest Wilkins Jr."
slug: "j-ernest-wilkins-jr"
description: "Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr. was an American nuclear scientist, mechanical engineer and mathematician. A child prodigy, he attended the University of Chicago at the age of 13, becoming its youngest ever student. His graduation at a young age resulted in him being hailed as \"the Negro Genius\" in the national media."
tagline: "American nuclear physicist"
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country:
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birthDate: "1923-11-27"
deathDate: "2011-05-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump