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Rosalind is born.
Rosalind is born in Notting Hill, London to her loving parents Muriel and Elsie Franklin. -
Boarding School
Rosalind was sent to the Lindores School for Young Ladies boarding school at age 9. -
St. Paul's Girls School
Rosalind begins at St. Paul's Girls School. She excelled at sports, science, and Latin. She left with a scholarship of 30 euros a year for three years. -
Newnham College
Rosalind goes to Newnham College. She excelled in physical chemistry. -
Britain declares war on Germany.
Germany invades Poland, causing Britain and France to declare war on Germany. -
Germany starts bombing Britain.
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BCURA
Rosalind begins to work at BCURA (British Coal Utilization Research Association). She studied the structure of coal and graphite using x-ray crystallography techniques. -
World War II Ends.
Germany surrenders after the Western Allies and the Soviet Union invade Berlin. -
Paris
Rosalind moves to Paris to pursue her work with x-ray crystallography. She used this technique to study the structures of radon and crystals. She worked at the Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'Etat alongside Jacques Mering. -
King's College
Rosalind Franklin begins at King's College in London, working with Maurice Wilkins to study the structure of DNA. -
Photo-51
Rosalind takes her famous image called "Photo-51." -
Photo-51 is stolen
Maurice Wilkins steal's Rosalind's image of DNA and shows it to James Watson and Francis Crick. This, however, was done without Rosalind's permission. -
Birkbeck College
Rosalind studies the structures of a virus called TMV, Watson and Crick begin to study viruses and RNA as well. -
Ovarian Cancer
Rosalind is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She had two tumors removed, but the cancer came back later in her life. -
Rosalind dies.
Rosalind died of ovarian cancer at the age of 38.
