Rosalind Franklin: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Anne Sayre, Rosalind Franklin and DNA (1975), is a biography.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: National Library of Medicine - Profiles in Science - Rosalind Franklin. Aug 29, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 21, 2026
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Rosalind Franklin: Equal Co-Discoverer of DNA? May 22, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 12, 2026
Add new Web site: American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science - Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment. Dec 18, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - Rosalind Franklin DNA Pioneer. Aug 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Live Science - Rosalind Franklin: Biography and Discovery of DNA Structure. Mar 17, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 12, 2025
Add new Web site: The Rosalind Franklin Institute - Rosalind Franklin's Life. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Science - Rosalind Franklin: The Woman Scientist of DNA. Oct 24, 2024
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Cell - Molecular biology: The fundamental science fueling innovation. Sep 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA�s structure. Feb 27, 2024
Add new Web site: University of California - San Diego Supercomputer Center - Rosalind Elsie Franklin. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Rosalind Franklin 1920�1958. Oct 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA. Aug 31, 2023
Add new Web site: National Library of Medicine - Profiles in Science - Rosalind Franklin. Feb 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - Rosalind Franklin. Nov 18, 2022
Add new Web site: Linda Hall Library - Scientist of the Day - Biography of Rosalind Franklin. May 02, 2022
Added an illustration of the double-helix structure of DNA. Jan 06, 2021
Added mention of Franklin's research on viruses and her contributions to the field of structural virology. Jun 02, 2017
Add new Web site: Jewish Women's Archive - Biography of Rosalind Elsie Franklin. Jun 10, 2014
Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Rosalind Franklin. Apr 17, 2009
Article revised and updated. Apr 09, 2009
Media added. Jun 07, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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