Did Rosalind Franklin have any brothers or sisters?

Answer 1

Her father was Ellis Arthur Franklin,mother was Muriel Frances Waley,she was the elder daughter and second of the family of five children. Her father's uncle was Herbert Samuel (later Viscount Samuel) who was Home Secretary in 1916 and the first practising Jew to serve in the British Cabinet.[8] He was also the first High Commissioner (effectively governor) for the British Mandate of Palestine. Her aunt Helen Carolin Franklin was married to Norman de Mattos Bentwich, who was Attorney General in the British Mandate of Palestine.[9] She was active in trade union organisation and women's suffrage, and was later a member of the London County Council.[10][11]

Franklin was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and North London Collegiate School[12][13] where she excelled in science, Latin[14] and sports.[15] Her family was actively involved with a Working Men's College, where Ellis Franklin, her father, taught electricity, magnetism and the history of the Great War in the evenings and later became vice principal.[16][17] Later Franklin's family helped settle Jewish refugees from Europe who had escaped the Nazis.[11]

Answer 2

Rosalind Franklin had 4 brothers and no sisters

Answer 3

1. David, 1919

2. ? (brother)

3. ? (brother)

4. Rosalind 1920

5. Jennifer 1929

From 'Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA'

by Brenda Maddox