Erection date: 1/5/2003
Near this site Rosalind Franklin, Maurice Wilkins, Raymond Gosling, Alexander Stokes and Herbert Wilson performed experiments that led to the discover of the structure of DNA. This work revolutionised our undersanding of the chemistry behind life itself.
May 1 2003
Royal Society of Chemistry National Historic Chemical Landmark
RSC
King's College, London
WC2, Strand, King's College
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
DNA at Kings
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instr...
Crystallographer. Born Chepstow Villas. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studi...
Raymond George Gosling was born on 15 July 1926 the son of George Leonard Gos...
Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Fr...
Molecular biologist. Born New Zealand. Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studie...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
DNA at Kings
Founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington (then PM). In 1836 Kings...
Formed as a merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry,...
The building with the clock (dated 1853),just uphill from the plaque, is called 'The Old Rectory'.
English Heritage Simon Bolivar, 1783 - 1830, liberator of Latin America, lodged here in 1810.
2017: Our colleague, Alan Patient, informs us that this plaque has gone.
The original UCL, built 1825 - 1832, comprised this quad and its buildings, by the architect William Wilkins (1778 -1839).
The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot. Cromwell's family was based in Putney and he was brought up here but we c...
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