Rosalind Franklin
Chemist & X-ray Crystallographer
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Rosalind Franklin British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose X-ray diffraction image of DNA (Photo 51) was pivotal in determining the double helix structure. Her crucial contribution was used without her knowledge by Watson and Crick, and she died before the Nobel Prize was awarded to them in 1962, making her story one of science's most prominent examples of overlooked contributions.
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