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Rosalind Franklin

(1920-1958), Crystallographer

Rosalind Elsie Franklin

Sitter in 4 portraits
Crystallographer; from 1950 Franklin undertook systematic X-ray study of DNA fibres, producing crucial information used by Crick and Watson in building their DNA model; later she provided the first analytical demonstration of the model's accuracy. From 1953 she worked on virus structure, but died of cancer at the height of her success.

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'Work in Progress', - NPG 7145'Work in Progress'
NPG 7145
Rosalind Franklin, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x76928Rosalind Franklin
by Elliott & Fry
NPG x76928
Rosalind Franklin, by Elliott & Fry - NPG x76929Rosalind Franklin
by Elliott & Fry
NPG x76929
Rosalind Franklin, by Vittorio Luzzati - NPG x76912Rosalind Franklin
by Vittorio Luzzati
NPG x76912

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