The scientist Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin

Living place: England

Birthday: 25-7-1920 (104 years old)

Global rank: #29029

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Who is The scientist Rosalind Franklin?
Known for her important contributions to the study of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), she made groundbreaking discoveries concerning the structure of the polio and tobacco mosaic virus.
While working as a researcher at Imperial College London, she became the first scientist to use X-ray diffraction to study DNA.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After completing her chemistry studies at Newnham College, Cambridge, she conducted research at the Dolan DNA Learning Center in New York and went on to work for the British Association for the Study of Coal Use.

Family life info

She grew up in the neighborhood of Notting Hill, London as the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family. Sadly, she died of ovarian cancer in her late thirties.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Rosalind Franklin?
Her work paved the way for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA by Francis Crick and James Watson.

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When was The scientist Rosalind Franklin born?
Rosalind Franklin birthday 25-7-1920 (at the age of 104).
Where is The scientist Rosalind Franklin's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Rosalind Franklin was born in England. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Rosalind Franklin's global rank is 29029 and whose rank is 75 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1920 and 25-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Rosalind Franklin

  • U.S. Dept. of Justice "red hunt" nets thousands of radicals; aliens deported.
  • Women's suffrage (19th) amendment ratified. Background: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
  • Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.
  • Mexican president Venustiano Carranza is assassinated.

Birthday Rosalind Franklin (25-7) in history

  • Day 25-7 year 1946: The United States tested the first underwater atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll.
  • Day 25-7 year 1952: Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States.
  • Day 25-7 year 1956: The Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, killing 51 people.
  • Day 25-7 year 1978: The world's first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in Lancashire, England.
  • Day 25-7 year 1984: Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space.
  • Day 25-7 year 2000: The supersonic airliner Concorde crashed after takeoff outside Paris.
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