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Birth of Rosalind Franklin
She was born in Notting Hill, London (UK).
She was born into a wealthy and influential Jewish family. -
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British scientist known for her contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of the DNA. She also provided new knowledge of viruses, helping to lay the basis of the field of structural virology. -
Norland Place School
At the age of 6 years old she started her education at the Norland Place School in London. -
Lindores School for Young Ladies
At the age of 9 years old, she moved to a school near the sea, in Sussex. Her family wanted her to live in a good environment due to her delicate health. -
Girls' school
When she was eleven, she went to the Girls' School in St. Paul, in Hammersmith, London, one of the few schools that taught physics and chemistry to girls. She also won lots of annual awards. -
Newham College
She won a scholarship for 3 years in the Newham College where she studied chemistry. -
Germany started bombing Britain
The 3rd of September 1939 Britain declared war on Germany during Second World War. In 1940, Germany started bombing them, so the Franklin family had to move. -
A degree and two scholarships
She got her bachelor's degree. She earned a research scholarship and another scholarship with Ronald Norrish, a scientist in Cambridge. -
A job at the BCURA
She worked at the British Coal Utilization Research until 1946. -
Doctorate
The University of Cambridge gave her the doctorate for her studies about the coal. -
France
She moved to France and she worked at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat. -
A job in the King's College
Rosalind started working at King's College where she used X-ray crystallography techniques on DNA. -
Photo 51
She took a perfect photo of the DNA.
Her coworkers and boss take credit from it and a few years after her dead, Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine for all of her hard work, giving her no credit. -
A job in the Birkbeck (London)
She started X-ray diffraction technique on viruses structures at Birkbeck college. On December of the same year, Franklin took amazing X-ray photos of TMV (a type of virus). -
Rosalind Franklin's death
She died in Chelsea, London (UK).
Rosalind was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1956. However, she continued her research throughout her treatment.