Rosalind Franklin’s story started in Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom. Her full name was Rosalind Elsie Franklin, and she was born to a rather conspicuous British Jewish family on July 25, 1920. The second of five children, three boys and two girls. Daughter of Muriel and Ellis Franklin, both of her parents originated from Jewish families that settled in England in the 1700s and 1800s. Her guardians owned banks and publishing companies. They were both educated and companionable people.These traits were carried down to Rosalind. Rosalind was set up to do great things, privileged, the opportunities she needed were lined up for her. Although she had everything, she was driven by the thought that her parents thought less of her than her brothers.
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The way science just attached to her and the way she enjoyed it, truly admirable. As her mother puts it, "All her life Rosalind knew exactly where she was going, and at sixteen, she took science for her subject." Rosalind dedicated herself to education and left St. Paul’s Girls’ School in 1938.
She enrolled herself in Newnham College. Newnham college is a branch off of the University of Cambridge, England. The University of Cambridge is a public research university, perfect for Rosalind. Cambridge University can be found in Cambridge, England, founded in 1209. This makes Cambridge the second oldest college in the English-speaking world, and English is the third most commonly spoken language after Mandarin and Spanish. Cambridge is also the fourth-oldest surviving university.
In chronological order the oldest surviving university is University of Bologna, founded in 1088, currently located in Bologna, Italy. The second oldest is Oxford University, founded in 1096 in the kingdom of England. Founded in 1134, Salamanca University in in the kingdom of Léon is the third oldest surviving university. Interestingly enough, Cambridge formed from scholars who originated from Oxford who had a disagreement with townsfolk. In fact the universities contain such mirroring programs that they are often referred to as the same college, in the joint term “Oxbridge. So, Cambridge came from Oxford and, Newnham is a division of Cambridge. Every school Rosalind attended was an all girls’
The way science just attached to her and the way she enjoyed it, truly admirable. As her mother puts it, "All her life Rosalind knew exactly where she was going, and at sixteen, she took science for her subject." Rosalind dedicated herself to education and left St. Paul’s Girls’ School in 1938.
She enrolled herself in Newnham College. Newnham college is a branch off of the University of Cambridge, England. The University of Cambridge is a public research university, perfect for Rosalind. Cambridge University can be found in Cambridge, England, founded in 1209. This makes Cambridge the second oldest college in the English-speaking world, and English is the third most commonly spoken language after Mandarin and Spanish. Cambridge is also the fourth-oldest surviving university.
In chronological order the oldest surviving university is University of Bologna, founded in 1088, currently located in Bologna, Italy. The second oldest is Oxford University, founded in 1096 in the kingdom of England. Founded in 1134, Salamanca University in in the kingdom of Léon is the third oldest surviving university. Interestingly enough, Cambridge formed from scholars who originated from Oxford who had a disagreement with townsfolk. In fact the universities contain such mirroring programs that they are often referred to as the same college, in the joint term “Oxbridge. So, Cambridge came from Oxford and, Newnham is a division of Cambridge. Every school Rosalind attended was an all girls’