J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.
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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.
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![Sketch of Wilkins from a U.S. Department of Energy biography[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/J._Ernest_Wilkins_Jr._%28short_biographies_and_sketches-_U.S._Gov%27mt_-GPO%29_V2_-cropped-.jpg/500px-J._Ernest_Wilkins_Jr._%28short_biographies_and_sketches-_U.S._Gov%27mt_-GPO%29_V2_-cropped-.jpg)
Sketch of Wilkins from a U.S. Department of Energy biography[4]
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (right) at the Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS), Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley, California in June 1995. Next to him are, from left to right: Abdulalim Shabazz and David Blackwell.
Wilkins portrait and plaque honoring him in the Eckhart Hall Tea Room of the Physical Sciences Division, University of Chicago in 2007 (courtesy: Dan Dry)Awards 1
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About this person
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United StatesCategory
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Type
Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1923 to 2011 · aged 87
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