Rosalind Elise Franklin

  • Rosalind Elise Franklin was born in London

    Rosalind Elise Franklin was born in London
  • Franklin enters Newham college

  • Franklin passed her final exams in Physical Chemistry

  • Rosalind took a job as an assistant research officer for the British Coal Utilisation Research Association

  • Franklin earned her PH.D from Cambridge

  • Rosalind decided to return to Great Britain

  • Rosalind Franklin joined the labratory of Sir John Randall

  • Rosalind Franklin developed a photograph,referred to as photagraph #51, from x-ray diffraction studies of B-form DNA.

    Rosalind Franklin developed a photograph,referred to as photagraph #51, from x-ray diffraction studies of B-form DNA.
  • Franklin decided to transfer her fellowship to Birbeck,another institution in Great Britain.Also in 1953 Franklin's x-ray diffraction helped confirm Watson and Crick's discovery of the structure of DNA.

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