Franklin's paternal great-uncle was Herbert Samuel (later Viscount Samuel), who was the Home Secretary in 1916 and the first practising Jew to serve in the British Cabinet.[24] Her aunt, Helen Caroline Franklin, known in the family as Mamie, was married to Norman de Mattos Bentwich, who ...
British chemist Rosalind Franklin is best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA, and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.
Rosalind Franklin was a physical chemist and expert in x-ray crystallography. She made major contributions to science, specifically to understanding the molecular structure of DNA, RNA, viruses, as well as her early work on the porosity of coal and graphite....