What is Rosalind Franklin?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Rosalind Franklin | image = Rosalind Franklin (retouched).jpg | image_size = | caption = Portrait by Rori (1955) | birth_date = 25 July 1920 | birth_place = [[Notting Hill]], [[London]], [[England]] | nationality = [[British]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|4|16|1920|7|25|df=y}} | death_place = [[Chelsea, London]], England | death_cause = [[Ovarian cancer]] | field = [[Biophysics]] | work_institutions = British Coal Utilisation Research Association<br>''Laboratoire central des services chimiques de l'État''<br>[[King's College London]]<br>[[Birkbeck, University of London|Birkbeck College, London]] | alma_mater = [[Newnham College, Cambridge]] | known_for = Fine structure of [[coal]] and [[graphite]], [[DNA|DNA structure]], [[viruses]]}} '''Rosalind Franklin''' ([[Notting Hill]], [[London]], 25 July 1920 – London, 16 April 1958) was a [[British people|British]] [[Biophysics|biophysicist]]. She was known for helping to discover the [[DNA#Structure of DNA|structure of DNA]]. Rosalind Franklin was about 15 years old when she knew that she wanted to become a scientist. She attended St. Paul's Girls' School and then continued school at [[Newnham College, Cambridge|Newham College]] in [[Cambridge]]. At Newham College she got a [[Ph.D]] in [[physical chemistry]]. She worked on [[coal]], studies of [[RNA]], and [[virus]]es. She was one of the first people to do [[X-ray crystallography]] on DNA. She also spent several years working in [[Paris]] studying crystals. [[Rosalind Franklin#cite note-3|[3]]] She discovered the size, shape, and arrangement of [[molecule]]s. She dedicated her life to discovering more about molecules. In 1951, she moved to London. She joined a group of scientific researchers at King's College. Her assignment was to take pictures of DNA. She looked at the structure and function of DNA in the pictures. This job was very difficult because technology was simple at that time. During this job, Franklin worked with a man named [[Raymond Gosling]]. He was also tryin