Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Franklin

Character Information Gender: Female ♀ Status: Deceased Occupation: Chemist First appearance: "Pretty Whittle Liar"

Rosalind Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. She is known for helping discover the DNA Double Helix.

History

Lisa did a school presentation on the Matilda effect and included Lise Meitner, Rosalind Franklin and Jocelyn Bell Burnell as examples.

Lori Spivak had a picture of Rosalind Franklin in her house.

Appearances

• Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar" (picture)
• Episode – "Frinkenstein's Monster" (picture)

External links

• Rosalind Franklin at Wikipedia

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