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

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

He had done the same to Wilkins before she was found behind a car park wall near Tottenham High Road, north London.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The body's managing director Tim Wilkins urged the US and Iran to make the Strait of Hormuz "free from the threat of mines" laid by Iranian forces in the conflict.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

“You want to be immersed in this experience, and then you’re immediately reminded that it’s all a cash grab,” documentary filmmaker Randy Wilkins said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

The switch between the two forms was partly responsible for the noise that Wilkins had been struggling to minimize.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee