Wilkins

American  

[wil-kinz] / ˈwɪl kɪnz /

noun

1. Sir George Hubert, 1888–1958, Australian Antarctic explorer, aviator, and aerial navigator.

2. Mary Eleanor. Mary E(leanor Wilkins) Freeman.

3. Maurice Hugh Frederick, 1916–2004, English biophysicist born in New Zealand: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.

4. Roy, 1901–81, U.S. journalist and civil rights leader: executive secretary of the NAACP, 1955–77.

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Wilkins British  

/ ˈwɪlkɪnz /

noun

1. Sir George Hubert. 1888–1958, Australian polar explorer and aviator

2. Maurice Hugh Frederick. 1916–2004, British biochemist, born in New Zealand. With Crick and Watson, he shared the Nobel prize 1962 for his work on the structure of DNA

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Wilkins Scientific  

/ wĭl′kĭnz /

1. British biophysicist who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA. He worked with Rosalind Franklin to produce x-ray studies of DNA that helped Francis Crick and James Watson establish its structure as a double helix. For this work Wilkins shared with Crick and Watson the 1962 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine.

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The director of the FBI and his longtime girlfriend, country western singer Alexis Wilkins, announced their looming nuptials on social media over the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Went and got the law involved,” Wilkins posted on Instagram, alongside a black-and-white photograph of the couple smiling and showing off Wilkins’ engagement ring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Judges Robert Wilkins and Judith Rogers concluded that the challengers were likely to succeed on their equal protection claim.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Chuck Wilkins, 52, business development director, of Reston, Va., who ordered eight tickets to the 24 Hours of Le Mans car race:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Wilkins was plowing methodically through his work in the early 1950s when he was interrupted by an unwelcome force.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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