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Noun: Wilkins  wil-kinz
  1. United States civil rights leader (1901-1981)
    - Roy Wilkins
     
  2. Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by aeroplane (1888-1958)
    - George Hubert Wilkins
     
  3. English biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
    - Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

Type of: adventurer, biochemist, civil rights activist, civil rights leader, civil rights worker, explorer

Encyclopedia: Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick