Paul's Girls' School in 1931 Rosalind came in 1932. However, even when we were closest, I soon came to realize that she was a very private At times we would see a lot of each other at others, circumstances would force usĪpart. In her life, although I probably knew her as long and as well as anyone apart from her closeįamily. The Wimbledon Literary and Scientific Society, is dedicated to her.Īs I prepared this article, I became more and more aware of what a very small part I had played This article, which was originally presented as a lecture to I was a friend of hers for a number of years and feel that I would like to pay tribute both to Her fame, however, has been built around the work on DNA that she did at Working on DNA she also made a significant contribution to science through her research in Actually, she spent only two years of her short life at King's College London What is generally known of Rosalind has been gleaned from Jim I have long felt that there is a need for more to be told of Rosalind: more of the woman However, this was also a time when there was still considerable prejudice against women Of science were changing fast and there were new ideas and new methodology to be explored Was a scientist at a time when the parameters Rosalind Franklin's background Cambridge The war years Paris King's College The double helix Tobacco mosaic virus Tributes Setting the record straight References reprinted with permission from Elsevier Science. From Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 23:151-154 (1998
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