rosalind franklin was born in notting hill, london in 1920. she dies in chelsea, london in 1958, she was only 37 when she died of cancer. Rosalind is famous for her discoveries in the structure of DNA. she also made extremely important contributions in the discovery and understanding of the molecular structures of coal and graphite. however franklins discovery of the molecular model she made is rumored to have been stolen. there is speculation that james watson and maurice wilkins stole her model and used it to win the nobel prize.
Franklin also worked as a researcher and teacher at kings college. she first started working on the x-ray diffraction of proteins and lipids, but was redirected to the structure of DNA. if she was not redirected some of the contributions she set forth to the molecular structure of coal and graphite might not have been contributed.
