Title:

Letter from C. A. Knight to Rosalind Franklin

Creator:

University of California, Berkeley
Knight, C. A.

Recipient:

Franklin, Rosalind

Date:

3 December 1954

Description:

C. Arthur Knight was one of many virus researchers that Franklin visited during her 1954 trip to the United States. A colleague of Wendell Stanley, Robley Williams, and Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, he sent her samples of cucumber virus, and in this letter also addressed questions about the differences between her x-ray diffraction values for TMV composition, and the biochemical findings by the Berkeley virus lab.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/35

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the University of California, Berkeley.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tobacco Mosaic Virus and X-Ray Diffraction

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

KRBBDF

NLM ID:

101584586X46

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X46

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958