Erection date: 1992
Rosalind Franklin, 1920-1958, pioneer of the study of molecular structures including DNA, lived here, 1951-1958.
English Heritage
SW10, Drayton Gardens, 107, Donovan Court
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Rosalind Franklin
Crystallographer. Born Chepstow Villas. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studi...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Rosalind Franklin
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Sir Frederick Ashton, 1904 - 1988, choreographer, lived here 1959 - 1984. English Heritage
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