# Maurice Wilkins

> Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins was a New Zealand-born British biophysicist and Nobel laureate whose research spanned multiple areas of physics and biophysics, contributing to the scientific understanding of phosphorescence, isotope separation, optical microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. He is most noted for initiating and leading early X-ray diffraction studies on DNA at King's College London, and for his pivotal role in enabling the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

*New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/maurice-wilkins

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** New Zealand
- **Born:** 1916-12-15
- **Died:** 2004-10-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.3 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #47

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- [Moris Uilkins](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moris_Uilkins)
- [Марыс Уілкінс](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81_%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81)
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- [Maurice Wilkins](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkins)
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- [موریس ویلکینز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2)
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- [מוריס וילקינס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184659)

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