Rosalind Elsie Franklin was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. Wikipedia
Born: July 25, 1920, Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom
Died: April 16, 1958 (age 37 years), Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Known for: Structure of DNA; Fine structure of coal and graphite; Structures of viruses
Education: University of Cambridge (1945), Newnham College, University of Cambridge (1938–1941), and St Paul's Girls' School (1931–1938)
Parents: Muriel Frances Waley and Ellis Arthur Franklin
Siblings: Roland Franklin and Colin Franklin
Doctoral students: John Finch; Kenneth Holmes