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Born Rosalind Elsie Franklin in London, England
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Educated at St. Paul's Girls School in London
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Entered Newnham College, Cambrige University
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Earned BA in Physical Chemistry at Cambridge University
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Earned PhD in Physical Chemistry from Cambridge University
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Directed agroup in x-ray diffraction studies of carbons at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de L'Etat in Paris, France
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Assembled and x-ray diffraction lab at King's College in London - Discovered that DNA can take 2 forms and produced diffraction photo of B form of DNA
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James Watson and Francis Crick announced their discovery of DNA structure in 'Nature'
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Directed research on x-ray diffraction studies of plant viruses at Birbeck College, London. Determined the configuartion of tobacco mosaic virus and the location of its RNA
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First visit to U.S. Presentations at coal research conference, and visits many virus research labs
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Second visit to U.S. for conference presentations and visits colleagues in irus research labs
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Diagnosed with ovarian cancer
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Died in London