ROSALIND FRANKLIN: EARLY LIFE

PictureRosalind Franklin. Inventor of X-ray crystallography.
       Rosalind Franklin is English, and was born in Notting Hill, UK in 1920 on July 25th. Rosalind went to study at the University of Cambridge in 1945 and was the daughter of Muriel Frances Waley and Ellis Arthur Franklin. Rosalind had decided at the age of 15 she wanted to be a scientist. She was educated at St.Paul's girls school, where she excelled in science, latin, and sports. Her family was actively involved with a men's college.  Her father taught electricity, magnetism, and the history of the Great War. Her family also helped Jewish refugees from Europe who had excaped Nazis.  After attending Cambridge University she was awarded second class honors on her finals, and she received a bachelor's deree. She begin to study the porosity of coal, and compared density to helium. In 1951, Franklin started working as an associate at 'King's College' in London in the Biophysics unit. She originally planned on working at x-ray diffraction of protiens but then directed her work to DNA fibres before. In the middle of 1956, Rosalind was on a trip the United States. She first begin feeling ill, and went to several hospitals. Then in 1958 Rosalind had died of ovarian cancer, and exposure to the x-ray radiation was something considered a possible factor.

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accomplishments of rosalind

PictureRosalind Franklin in Paris
  • Rosalind was asked to join a research group with John Randall. She set up a labratory to study DNA and she had all the responsibilty on her shoulders. Franklin was about to determine the structure of DNA.
  • In May of 1950, Rosalind had discovered that there were two forms of DNA.
  • In 1961 Rosalind had made a lecture at a seminar where she had  presented her forms of the molecule, type A and type B. Franklin was the first to discover these facts.
  • Rosalind Franklin had died in 1950, and she was not eligable to be nominated for the Nobel Prize. Instead, Crick, Watson, and Wilkins (whom she had worked with) were rewarded. By the time of the award, Wilkins had been working on the 'DNA' for over 10 years.

ROSALIND FRANKLIN: AFTER DEATH

PictureRosalind Franklin's discovery of the Double Helix
A decade after Rosalind died, James Watson described her in his book 'The Double Helix'. He explained how the two had became friends while working together on data. He also stated how he never would've one a Nobel Prize or published a famous paper if it wasn't for Franklin whom died at the age of 37.

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Rosalind Franklin - biography
Rosalind Franklin - wikipedia
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Made by Kya O.  -  Rosalind franklin discovered the two forms of DNA and is a super interesting human being. The fact that she should've won a Nobel Prize amazes me.  I enjoy listening to music and crying over various celebrities