Title:

Letter from Rosalind Franklin to John Desmond Bernal

Creator:

Franklin, Rosalind

Recipient:

Bernal, John Desmond and Birkbeck College

Date:

[ca. 2 September 1954]

Description:

During Franklin's 1954 visit to the United States, she learned that several American researchers had begun x-ray diffraction studies of TMV. Concerned that her team's leadership in this area might soon be challenged, she wrote to Bernal, who was traveling in China at the time, and asked permission to submit her latest results to Nature without waiting for his usual review of the article.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/31

Rights:

Reproduced from the Franklin Collection at the Churchill Archives Centre with the permission of the copyright holder.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tobacco Mosaic Virus, X-Ray Diffraction, and RNA

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

KRBBDP

NLM ID:

101584586X54

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X54

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958