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Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

nobel prize for medicine


Details of the Nobel Prize awarded to Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
Full Name
of the recipient
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins
AwardNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Year of Award1962
Share in Award33.3%
Award Shared withFrancis Harry Compton Crick (33.3%)
James Dewey Watson (33.3%)
Motivation
for the Award
for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material
Affiliation
at the Time of Award
London University, London, United Kingdom
Place of BirthPongaroa, New Zealand NZL
Date of Birth15 December 1916
Age
at the time of Award
45 years
Place of DeathLondon, United Kingdom GBR
Date of Death5 October 2004
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