1920 - 1958
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite. Although her works on coal and viruses were appreciated in her lifetime, Franklin’s contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely unrecognized during her life, for which she has been variously referred to as the "wronged heroine", the "dark lady of DNA", the "forgotten heroine", a "feminist icon", and the "Sylvia Plath of molecular biology".Franklin graduated in 1941 with a degree in natural sciences from Newnham College, Cambridge, and then enrolled for a PhD in physical chemistry under Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, the 1920 Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Disappointed by Norrish's lack of enthusiasm, she took up a research position under the British Coal Utilisation Research Association (BCURA) in 1942. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosalind Franklin has received more than 4,369,715 page views. Her biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Rosalind Franklin is the 14th most popular biologist (up from 17th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 157th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Biologist.
Rosalind Franklin discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
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Among biologists, Rosalind Franklin ranks 14 out of 841. Before her are Luc Montagnier, Ernst Haeckel, James Watson, Karl Landsteiner, Konrad Lorenz, and Peter Kropotkin. After her are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Alfred Russel Wallace, Richard Dawkins, Georges Cuvier, Francis Crick, and Robert Brown.
1932 - 2022
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 8
1834 - 1919
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 9
1928 - Present
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 10
1868 - 1943
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 11
1903 - 1989
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 12
1842 - 1921
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 13
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 14
1866 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 15
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 16
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 17
1769 - 1832
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 18
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 19
1773 - 1858
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1920, Rosalind Franklin ranks 8. Before her are Federico Fellini, Isaac Asimov, Charles Bukowski, Yul Brynner, Frank Herbert, and Toshiro Mifune. After her are Ray Bradbury, Farouk of Egypt, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Mario Puzo, Paul Celan, and Charlie Parker. Among people deceased in 1958, Rosalind Franklin ranks 4. Before her are Pope Pius XII, Imre Nagy, and John B. Watson. After her are Wolfgang Pauli, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Maurice de Vlaminck, Faisal II of Iraq, Kurt Alder, and Ernest Lawrence.
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 2
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 3
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 4
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 5
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 6
1920 - 1997
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 7
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 8
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 9
1920 - 1965
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 10
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 11
1920 - 1999
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 12
1920 - 1970
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 13
1920 - 1955
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 14
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 1
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 2
1878 - 1958
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 3
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 4
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 5
1900 - 1958
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 6
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 7
1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 8
1876 - 1958
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 9
1935 - 1958
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 10
1902 - 1958
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 11
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosalind Franklin ranks 141 out of 7,765. Before her are George Boole (1815), Æthelstan (895), J. J. Thomson (1856), William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), John Venn (1834), and Anthony Eden (1897). After her are John, King of England (1166), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Charlie Watts (1941), George Harrison (1943), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), and George IV of the United Kingdom (1762).
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 135
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 136
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 137
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 138
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 139
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 140
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 141
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 142
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 143
1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 144
1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 145
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 146
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 147
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Rosalind Franklin ranks 3. Before her are Charles Darwin (1809) and Alexander Fleming (1881). After her are Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Francis Crick (1916), Robert Brown (1773), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Christian de Duve (1917), Richard Owen (1804), Erasmus Darwin (1731), John Edward Gray (1800), and Philip Miller (1691).
1809 - 1882
HPI: 90.67
Rank: 1
1881 - 1955
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 2
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 3
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 4
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 5
1773 - 1858
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 6
1825 - 1895
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 7
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 8
1804 - 1892
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 9
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 10
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 11
1691 - 1771
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 12