Mary Seacole
1805–1881
Refused as a nurse, she paid her own way to the Crimea and went anyway
St Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London
In memory of
Rosalind Franklin
Chemist whose photograph showed the shape of DNA
- Born
- Died
- Lived
- 37 years
- Resting place
- Willesden Jewish Cemetery, London, United Kingdom
Franklin's X-ray photograph of DNA, known as Photo 51, showed the molecule was a helix and gave the measurements needed to build the model. It was shown to Watson without her knowledge or consent; the paper that followed made only a passing acknowledgement of her work.
She moved on to viruses and did fundamental work on tobacco mosaic and polio. She died of ovarian cancer at thirty-seven, four years before the Nobel Prize went to Watson, Crick and Wilkins; it is not awarded posthumously. Her stone calls her research on viruses "of lasting benefit to mankind".
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Michael Faraday
1791–1867
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