Rosalind Franklin, 1954

Henry Grant

by Henry Grant
published on 01 December 2025

Rosalind Franklin, 1954 — Rosalind Franklin at work in a London laboratory, photograph by Henry Grant, 1954.

The work of English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.

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