Rosalind Franklin and her footprint for science. By Anasandrarodriguezmarquez Jul 25, 1920 Rosalind Franklin was born in London 1941 She graduated in Natural Sciences from Newnham College in Cambridge and then enrolled in a doctored in physical chemistry 1945 She accepted a research position in the British Coal Utilisation Research Association The research on carbon allowed her to obtain a doctorate in Cambridge 1951 Discovered the key properties of DNA Finally facilitated the correct description of the duoble-linking structure of DNA. 1958 The day before unveiling the structure of the tabacco mosaic virus at an internacional fair in Brussels , he died of ovarian cancer at the age of 37 1962 Frankling is best know for his work on DNA x-ray diffraction images while in London. 1982 Aaron Klug, a member of this team, continued his research and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.