Rosalind Franklin

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X-ray crystallographer biophysicist chemist crystallographer human scientist

Rosalind Franklin was a pioneering British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose critical diffraction images of DNA were essential to revealing its double-helix structure.

Aliases (1)

Rosalind Elsie Franklin ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	X-ray crystallographer → biophysicist → chemist → crystallographer → human → scientist →
academicDegree	PhD in physical chemistry →
awardReceived	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (posthumous recognition via collaborators) →
birthName	Rosalind Elsie Franklin →
causeOfDeath	ovarian cancer →
commemoratedBy	Rosalind Franklin Institute → Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science → Rosalind Franklin rover →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1920-07-25 →
dateOfDeath	1958-04-16 →
educatedAt	Newnham College, Cambridge NERFINISHED → St Paul's Girls' School → University of Cambridge NERFINISHED →
employer	Birkbeck College, University of London → British Coal Utilisation Research Association → King's College London → Laboratoire central des services chimiques de l'État →
ethnicGroup	British Jews →
familyName	Franklin →
fieldOfWork	X-ray crystallography → chemistry → coal research → molecular biology → virology →
givenName	Rosalind →
hasOccupation	research scientist →
hasSibling	Colin Franklin →
hasWork	research on polio virus → research on tobacco mosaic virus →
influenced	Francis Crick → James D. Watson → Maurice Wilkins →
knownFor	contributions to discovery of DNA double helix structure → research on the structure of coal and carbon → research on the structure of viruses →
languageSpoken	English → French →
mannerOfDeath	natural causes →
memberOf	Biochemical Society → Faraday Society →
name	Rosalind Franklin →
namedAfter	Rosalind Franklin rover →
notableStudent	Aaron Klug →
notableWork	Photo 51 → X-ray diffraction images of DNA →
placeOfBirth	London → Notting Hill →
placeOfDeath	Chelsea → London →
religion	Judaism →
residence	London →
sexOrGender	female →
workLocation	London → Paris →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rosalind Franklin ("Rosalind Elsie Franklin") →	birthName
Francis Crick →	coDiscovererWith
Maurice Wilkins →	collaboratedWith
Franklin →	hasNotableBearer
King’s College London →	hasNotableFaculty
Rosalind Franklin →	name