Rosalind Elsie Franklin

Rosalind Elsie Frankin (1910-1958)--------            
Background Info---
-Rosalind was born in England on July 25, 1910. She died at the same place on April 16, 1958.

-Graduated from Cambridge University in 1941as a Ph.D.. Later worked in a labatory in Paris, France, studying x-ray diffraction.

-1951, She began to focus on DNA research at Medical Research Council

Year Became Famous---

Four years after her death, in 1962 after Watson and Crick won their nobel prize. 

Publication that Made Her Famous---

-Publication in 1953 of her own work, however, the structure of DNA had not been discoverd or completed yet.

-The photograph Watson and Crick use as a resource now known to be photograph 51

-Her real fame came when Francis Crick admitted in Nature magazine while their work had been published that Rosalind "is only 2 steps away from the solution" and the discoery contain a portion of  her contribution.

Contribution to the World of Genetic--- 

Her discovery of the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by using the technique of x-ray diffraction solved the puzzle and colaborated the knowlegde of DNA at the time.


Works Cited
Encyclopedia of World Biography on Rosalind Elsie Franklin. September 15, 2010
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/rosalind-elsie-franklin/
Ardell, David. October 25, 2006. Rosalind Franklin(1920-1958). Septmeber 15, 2010
http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Rosalind_Franklin.php
Michon, Scott. June 20, 2010. Rosalind Franklin. Septmeber 15, 2010 www.strangescience.net/rfranklin.htm