Portrait of Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins, photograph by Godfrey Argent, 1970.
Depicted here is New Zealand-born biophysicist Maurice Wilkins (1916-2004), who worked at King's College in London with English chemist Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958). His research contributed to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.
National Portrait Gallery, London.
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