wilkins

• Nom propre désignant une famille ou des personnes célèbres, notamment le militant des droits civiques aux États-Unis (1901-1981), l'explorateur australien de l'Arctique (1888-1958) et le biochimiste anglais ayant contribué à la découverte de la structure de l'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).

indénombrable · nom propre

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

   • 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.

   Wilkins (explorateur et aviateur)

   • 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.

   Wilkins (biologiste)

   • 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.