BIOLOGIST

Rosalind Franklin

1920 - 1958

Rosalind Franklin

Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English 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, her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were largely recognised posthumously. Born to a prominent British Jewish family, Franklin was educated at a private day school at Norland Place in West London, Lindores School for Young Ladies in Sussex, and St Paul's Girls' School, London. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rosalind Franklin has received more than 2,920,199 page views. Her biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia making her the 18th most popular biologist.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 70.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Rosalind Franklin ranks 18 out of 686. Before her are James Watson, Georges Cuvier, Alfred Russel Wallace, Richard Dawkins, Francis Crick, and Thomas Henry Huxley. After her are Élie Metchnikoff, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Dian Fossey, Conrad Gessner, and Trofim Lysenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Rosalind Franklin ranks 8. Before her are Federico Fellini, Isaac Asimov, Yul Brynner, Charles Bukowski, Ray Bradbury, and Toshiro Mifune. After her are Mario Puzo, Farouk of Egypt, Paul Celan, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Traudl Junge, and Melina Mercouri. Among people deceased in 1958, Rosalind Franklin ranks 5. Before her are Pope Pius XII, Imre Nagy, Wolfgang Pauli, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. After her are John B. Watson, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Ernest Lawrence, Kurt Alder, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Milutin Milanković.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Rosalind Franklin ranks 175 out of 5,347. Before her are Bobby Charlton (1937), Bon Scott (1946), Ada Lovelace (1815), Mick Jagger (1943), William Ramsay (1852), and Thomas Henry Huxley (1825). After her are Boudica (33), Alfred Marshall (1842), Æthelstan (895), Jeff Beck (1944), Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869), and Theresa May (1956).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Rosalind Franklin ranks 6. Before her are Charles Darwin (1809), Alexander Fleming (1881), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Francis Crick (1916), and Thomas Henry Huxley (1825). After her are Robert Brown (1773), Christian de Duve (1917), Richard Owen (1804), John Edward Gray (1800), Erasmus Darwin (1731), and John Ray (1627).

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