Title:

Letter from L. H. Gray to Rosalind Franklin

Creator:

Gray, L. H.
British Empire Cancer Campaign Research Unit in Radiobiology

Recipient:

Franklin, Rosalind

Date:

20 March 1957

Description:

Louis Harold Gray was a pioneering radiation biologist, specializing in radiation therapy for cancer. Franklin had consulted him regarding the tendency of virus samples to break down when exposed to x-rays, one of many challenging aspects of her TMV research. He suggested several remedies in response. In this follow-up letter, he offered to have her irradiated samples analyzed to determine exactly how much radiation they had absorbed.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/34

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Crispin Gray.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Crystallography, X-Ray

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313

Legacy ID:

KRBBCZ

NLM ID:

101584586X42

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X42

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958