Wil·kins (w l knz), Sir George Hubert 1888-1958. Australian explorer and aviator who was the first to explore the Arctic by air (1928). |
| Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick 1916-2004. British biophysicist. He shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for advances in the study of DNA. |
| Wilkins, Roy 1901-1981. American civil rights leader. Long associated with the NAACP, he asserted that racial equality should be achieved through the democratic process. |
Wilkins [ˈwɪlkɪnz]
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1. (Biographies / Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (1888-1958) M, Australian, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aviator) Sir George Hubert. 1888-1958, Australian polar explorer and aviator
2. (Biographies / Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick (1916 M, Britishnational of birth: New Zealand, SCIENCE: chemist) Maurice Hugh Frederick. born 1916, 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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| Noun | 1. | Wilkins - United States civil rights leader (1901-1981) |
| 2. |  Wilkins - Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958) | |
| 3. | Wilkins - English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004) |
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