| First Name |
Rosalind
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| Middle Name |
Elsie
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| Last Name |
Franklin
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| Maiden Name |
Franklin
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| Full Name at Birth |
Rosalind Elsie Franklin
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| Alternative Name |
Rosalind Franklin Phd, Rosalind Franklin B.A., Rosalind Franklin B.A. Phd, Dr Rosalind Franklin, “Rosy” --- nickname, “Dark lady” --- nickname
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| Birthday |
25th July, 1920
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| Birthplace |
Notting Hill, London, England, UK
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| Died |
16th April, 1958
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| Place of Death |
Chelsea, London
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| Cause of Death |
Ovarian cancer (possibly caused by her extensive exposure to radiation while doing X-ray crystallography work)
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| Buried |
Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery 51°32′41″N 0°14′24″W / 51.5447°N 0.2399°W / 51.5447; -0.2399
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Hair Color |
Brown - Dark
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| Distinctive Feature |
FACT:
She published seven scientific papers in 1956, and went on to publish six more in 1957, all while she was undergoing chemotherapy., PLAY: In 2015 Nicole Kidman played Franklin in theatre play 'Photograph 51', FACT: Famous English composer Gustav Holst was her school music director at St Paul's Girls' School in West London, DEATH: Franklin died on April 16, 1958, of ovarian cancer, possibly caused by her extensive exposure to radiation while doing X-ray crystallography work
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Agnostic
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
English
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| High School |
[1931-38] St Paul's Girls' School in West London, [????-??] Norland Place School in West London, [????-??] Lindores School for Young Ladies in Sussex
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| University |
[1938-1941] - Newnham College, Cambridge (2:1 Hons BA in Physical Chemistry), [1951-1953] - King's College London: The DNA Riddle, [1943-1945] - University of Cambridge (Ph.D. thesis: The physical chemistry of solid organic colloids with special reference to coal), [1953-1958] - Birkbeck College, London: Envisioning Viruses & RNA, [1941-1942] - Research Fellowship at Newnham College (Research on the kinetics of polymerization reaction at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Cambridge)
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| Occupation Text |
Biophysicist, Chemist, X-ray Crystallographer, wartime Air Raid Warden,
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| Occupation |
Physicist
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| Claim to Fame |
Structure of DNA, Fine structure of coal and graphite, Virus structures
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| Year(s) Active |
1941 > 1942 (Research Fellow on the kinetics of polymerization reaction at the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Cambridge), 1942 > 1946 (Assistant Research Officer on colloidal properties of coals and cokes at the British Coal Utilisation Research Association (BCURA)), 1947 > 1951 (Director of a research group in x-ray diffraction studies of carbons at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat in Paris)
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| Father |
Ellis Arthur Franklin (1894–1964) (London merchant banker)
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| Mother |
Muriel Frances Waley (1894–1976)
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| Family Member |
Herbert Samuel (her father's uncle), Norman de Mattos Bentwich (uncle)
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| Pets |
Bill Price, Adrienne Weill (Franklin's mentor and friend), Irene Franklin, Raymond Gosling, Vittorio Luzzati (friend), Denise Luzzati (friend), Jacques Mering, Marie Curie, Sir John Randall
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| Favorite Places |
France, The French Alps, French food, Paris, France
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| Favorite Accessories |
Bicycle
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Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely recognised posthumously.
