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by the time the Articles appeared in nature on April 25th 1953 Franklin Head Take can you position at birkbeck College in London  in her fifth floor office under a leaky Skylight she often left an umbrella open on her The Protector papers she headed the virus research lab from 1953 to 1958 and 3 convert fax collegial atmosphere here she made what she called her greatest discovery working out the complex truck turn the volume rest and locating it's infectious element she collaborated with Aaron klug who later wins a Nobel Prize stop the exact geometry side was important in his in history that you would actually do such things then all Lucy was single-minded and she could tackle these Lodge and difficult problems  Franklin's virus work secured her International reputation turned rotten many invitations to speak in the United States  in 1956 she celebrated her 36th birthday while visiting universities in cow cornea and climb Mount Whitney one of the highest peaks in North America but near the end of her trip Franklin was suffering from severe abdominal pains  on her return to England she was diagnosed with cancer  there is speculation that her work with x May trigger the disease she handled it mostly she was in the Mazda they can Hospital basketballs in the private room at the end of a car door with papers and calculations all around she was so optimistic and confident that things were going to get better Don Casper and American only calls her struggle to climb from the basement lab to her fifth floor office upstairs  up until the end she was working away we had wished we could help her but unfortunately that was could be done  Robin and I are going to think anything in me leads and she suggested that we could drive and go and visit some of the Norman cathedrals I told her they expected to stay with her and no answer and after several attempts to get her on the I called Andrew and he told me that the countryside we died while we were at least her Epitaph reads scientist her research and discoveries on viruses remain of last a benefit to mankind she died April 16th 1958 that same day the London Times carried an article claiming her virus model which was unveiled at the Brussels World Fair  obituary in the New York Times called her turn up at select band of pioneers unraveling virus diseases and genetics  she went to the Grave never knowing how much Watson and Crick had relied on her work to make their great discovery or if she knew she didn't care in 1962 James Watson Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of the structure of DNA Franklin's name receives no mention save a passing reference by Wilkins her crucial contribution to their work becomes a footnote scientific history  Rondon overly would have been forgotten by her friends had forgotten driving it but by the public in general cost of the way Gene Watson offended her memory  in 1968 James Watson Pub what's the double helix his personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA  in his book Watson cast Franklin is on Wofford is unattractive and incompetent in interpreting X-ray pictures and yet Watson admit he needs her finding he even boasts of using her work without her knowledge or permission saying Rosie of course didn't directly give us her data for that matter no one at Kings realized they were in our hands when the book was in rough draft Ford University press ask those mentioned in the menu script to read it many including Crick and Wilkins objected so strongly that in a highly on resented move Harvard withdrew its offer to publish  the book came out with a popular press and became an instant best-seller Franklin's family and colleagues protested Watson's portrayal of as one put it that gifted girl who could not defend herself Franklin is now receiving some long-overdue recognition plaques where she lived who worked and recently Britain's royal Society created the Rosalind Franklin award to support women in science  when Aaron klug won his Nobel Prize in part for the work he started with Franklin he unlike the DNA Trio honored her contribution as I said in mind about that show she made probably impression on me that way if he pointed the way to important difficult problems no matter how long they took  Frozen died at 37 with no having been in a race that only wants to create news erase she died and cold virus research who is cheated for the only thing she really wanted which was a chance to finish her work her life those who admire Franklin take solace in her uncompromising dedication  for Rosalind Franklin the joy of was in the work itself and its ultimate reward the betterment of humankind

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