Definition of Maurice Wilkins

1. Noun. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004).

Exact synonyms: Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, Wilkins
Generic synonyms: Biochemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maurice Wilkins

Maureen
Maureen Catherine Connolly
Maurer's clefts
Maurer's dots
Mauresque
Mauretania
Mauretanian
Mauriac
Mauriac's syndrome
Maurice
Maurice Barrymore
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Utrillo
Maurice Wilkins (current term)
Maurice de Vlaminck
Mauriceau
Mauriceau's manoeuvre
Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre
Maurician
Maurism
Maurist
Maurists
Mauritania
Mauritanian
Mauritanian monetary unit
Mauritanians
Mauritanie
Mauritian

Literary usage of Maurice Wilkins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Forrester's Pictorial Miscellany for the Family Circle by Mark Forrester (1855)
"Yet it is a remarkable fact that while flames issue from the crater, a huge chasm at the top of the mountain, which Maurice Wilkins will describe to you in ..."

2. Biotechnology and Food: Leader and Participant Guide by Tom Zinnen, Jane Voichick (1994)
"1 953 James Watson and Francis Crick describe the double helix of DNA, using x-ray diffraction patterns of Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins at King's ..."

3. Africa in the Age of Biology by Wilmot Godfrey James (2004)
"Sir Aaron was an important contemporary of James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin, all involved in establishing that the ..."

4. Forrester's Pictorial Miscellany for Boys and Girls by William Roberts, Nathaniel Orr, William Barritt, Benson John Lossing, J. K. Stickney, F. & G.C. Rand (1854)
"... a huge chasm at the top of the mountain, which Maurice Wilkins will describe to you in the course of his thrilling adventures, while the melted matter ..."

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