Letter from Robley Williams to Rosalind Franklin
- Title:
- Letter from Robley Williams to Rosalind Franklin
- Creator:
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University of California, Berkeley
Williams, Robley - Recipient:
- Franklin, Rosalind
- Date:
- 28 November 1955
- Description:
- Robley Williams was one of many virus researchers that Franklin visited during her 1954 trip to the United States. In this letter, he responded to a manuscript draft she had sent. He commented on her theory about TMV's structure -- a cylinder with a central "doughnut hole" -- and how the structure is formed. He also expressed dissatisfaction with the term "doughnut," while acknowledging that it was a vivid one.
- Original Repository:
- Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
- Location:
- Folder: 2/35
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of Robley C. Williams Jr.
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Subject:
- Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Microscopy, Electron
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313
- Legacy ID:
- KRBBDL
- NLM ID:
- 101584586X51
- Profiles Collection:
- The Rosalind Franklin Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X51
- Story Section:
- Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958