Rosalind Elsie Franklin
Born | Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-07-25)25 July 1920 Notting Hill, London, England, UK
Died | 16 April 1958(1958-04-16) (aged 37) Chelsea, London, England, UK
Resting place | Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery 51°32′41″N 0°14′24″W﻿ / ﻿51.5447°N 0.2399°W﻿ / 51.5447; -0.2399
Nationality | English
Education | St Paul's Girls' School
Alma mater | University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for | Structure of DNA Fine structure of coal and graphite Virus structures
Scientific career
Fields | Physical chemistry X-ray crystallography
Institutions | British Coal Utilisation Research Association Laboratoire Central des Services Chimiques de l'État Birkbeck, University of London King's College London
Thesis | The physical chemistry of solid organic colloids with special reference to coal (1945)
Doctoral students | John Finch and Kenneth Holmes