wilkins

• Apellido de origen inglés asociado a varias personalidades notables, como un líder del movimiento por los derechos civiles en Estados Unidos (1901-1981), un explorador australiano del Ártico (1888-1958) y un bioquímico inglés que contribuyó al descubrimiento de la estructura del ADN (1916-2004).

A proper noun referring to a surname of notable individuals, including a United States civil rights leader (1901-1981), an Australian Arctic explorer (1888-1958), and an English biochemist who contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA (1916-2004).

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1. B2formalamerican

   Roy Wilkins, a prominent American civil rights leader who served as the executive director of the NAACP from 1955 to 1977.

   Roy Wilkins, líder de derechos civiles

   • Wilkins was a key figure in the fight for racial equality.
   • He worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.
   • Wilkins helped organize the historic March on Washington in 1963.

2. Explorer and aviatorB2formalaustralian

   Sir George Hubert Wilkins, an Australian explorer, pilot, and photographer who pioneered Arctic aviation.

   Explorador y aviador

   • Wilkins was the first person to fly over the Arctic Ocean.
   • He led several expeditions to the polar regions.
   • Wilkins' aerial surveys contributed greatly to Arctic mapping.

3. B2formalbritishscientific

   Maurice Wilkins, a New Zealand-born British biochemist whose X-ray diffraction work was crucial to discovering the structure of DNA.

   Maurice Wilkins, bioquímico

   • Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
   • His research at King's College London provided key evidence for the DNA double helix.
   • Wilkins' work with X-ray crystallography was essential to the discovery.