Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, Franklin's contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely unrecognised during her life, for which Franklin has been variously referred to as the "wronged heroine", the "dark lady of DNA", the "forgotten heroine", a "feminist icon", and the "Sylvia Plath of molecular biology".
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- Born in
- Notting Hill
- Educated at
- Newnham CollegeSt Paul's Girls' SchoolNorland Place SchoolUniversity of Cambridge
- Awards
- 🏆 72 scientist women names on the Eiffel tower🏆 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 John Thomas Finch
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1920
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