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Birth Name:

Maurice Wilkins

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Dec 15, 1916

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Pongaroa, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand

Age:

107

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Sag

43'

About Maurice Wilkins

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins CBE FRS (15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004) 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, and to the development of radar. He is best known for his work at King's College London on the structure of DNA.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• for the People's Archive/BBC 90 story interview with Crick AND the 236 story interview with Brenner.

• Maurice Wilkins on Nobelprize.org with the Nobel Lecture on 11 December 1961 The Molecular Configuration of Nucleic Acids

• Reading University site on 50th anniversary of Discovery of the structure of DNA. Includes a list of Books on the subject.

• Biography (from the New Zealand Edge)

• Discovery Story in BA Magazine

• DNA: The King's Story detailing Wilkins' involvement in elucidating the structure of DNA

• DNA and Social Responsibility Project: Archiving Maurice Wilkin's Personal Papers

• List of classic papers in Nature on DNA structure

• Listen to Francis Crick and James Watson talking on the BBC

• For reproduction of the original text in June 1953 (PDF)

• for Lynne Elkins' article on Franklin.

• New York Times 50th anniversary series of excellent articles.

• The first American newspaper coverage of the discovery of the DNA structure: Saturday, 13 June 1953 The New York Times (PDF)

• Listen to an oral history interview with Maurice Wilkins – a life story interview recorded for National Life Stories at the British Library

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Maurice Wilkins: Sun 22 Sagittarius, Moon 22 Leo, Mercury 4 Capricorn, Venus 20 Scorpio, Mars 10 Capricorn, Jupiter 25 Aries, Saturn 29 Cancer, Uranus 16 Aquarius, Neptune 4 Leo, Pluto 3 Cancer, Mercury Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Opposition Pluto, Sun Trine Jupiter, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Venus, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Semi Square Uranus, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Jupiter Square Saturn, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

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