Yes he is
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. nuclear reactors were important because it helped create electrical power generation.
November 27,1923
the development of shields against gamma rays from the sun and nuclear resources
Yes, he did. He recently died on May 1, 2011 at the age of 87 in Arizona.
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. did not invent the nuclear reactor. The ideas for the nuclear reactor were developed while he was an undergrad at the University of Chicago (though he was brilliant and entered college at age 13).Leó Szilárd and Enrico Fermi are credited with the first nuclear reactor design.
Michael J. Wilkins was born in 1948.
William J. Wilkins was born in 1897.
William J. Wilkins died in 1995.
J. Steven Wilkins was born in 1950.
J. Ernest Wharton died in 1990.
J. Ernest Wharton was born in 1899.