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British X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958)

This article is about the chemist. For the Mars rover named after her, see Rosalind Franklin (rover).

Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958)^[1] was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.^[2] Although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, Franklin's contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely unrecognised during her life, for which Franklin has been variously referred to as the "wronged heroine",^[3] the "dark lady of DNA",^[4] the "forgotten heroine",^[5] a "feminist icon",^[6] and the "Sylvia Plath of molecular biology".^[7]

Franklin graduated in 1941 with a degree in natural sciences from Newnham College, Cambr