Rosalind Franklin an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer was born on July 25, 1920 in London, England. She was most known for her contributions to the discovery of the DNA structure. She was born into an influential Jewish family and at an early age she excelled in her studies, at the age of fifteen she discovered her love to become a scientist. She later on attended Newnham College in 1938 where she studied chemistry. Upon graduating she worked with Jacques Mering who taught her X-ray diffraction which would later on play a role in her discovery of the DNA structure.
In January 1951 Franklin began working under director John Randall at the King's College London in the biophysics unit, where she used her expertise in X-ray diffraction
In January 1951 Franklin began working under director John Randall at the King's College London in the biophysics unit, where she used her expertise in X-ray diffraction