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[[File:Raymond Gosling.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gosling in 2003]]

[[File:Raymond Gosling.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gosling in 2003]]

'''Raymond Gosling''' (15 July 1926 – 18 May 2015) was a [[British people|British]] [[biophysics|biophysicist]]. He was known for doing [[X-ray diffraction]] studies on [[DNA]]. These studies were the first step in understanding the [[3-D]] structure of DNA. He did these studies as a doctoral student in the research group headed by [[Maurice Wilkins]] at [[Kings College London]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Wilkins M; Gosling R. & Seeds W. 1951 | title = Physical studies of nucleic acid | journal = Nature | volume = 167 | issue = 4254 | pages = 759–760 | pmid = 14833383|bibcode = 1951Natur.167..759W |doi = 10.1038/167759a0 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Gosling R. ''et al'' 2011 | doi = 10.1038/472283a | title = Seven ages of the PhD | journal = Nature | volume = 472 | issue = 7343 | pages = 283–286 | pmid =  | pmc = }}</ref>

'''Raymond Gosling''' (15 July 1926 – 18 May 2015) was a [[British people|British]] [[biophysics|biophysicist]]. He was known for doing [[X-ray diffraction]] studies on [[DNA]]. These studies were the first step in understanding the [[3-D]] structure of DNA. He did these studies as a doctoral student in the research group headed by [[Maurice Wilkins]] at [[Kings College London]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Wilkins M; Gosling R. & Seeds W. 1951 | title = Physical studies of nucleic acid | journal = Nature | year = 1951 | volume = 167 | issue = 4254 | pages = 759–760 | pmid = 14833383|bibcode = 1951Natur.167..759W |doi = 10.1038/167759a0 | s2cid = 4298106 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = Gosling R. ''et al'' 2011 | doi = 10.1038/472283a | title = Seven ages of the PhD | journal = Nature | year = 2011 | volume = 472 | issue = 7343 | pages = 283–286 | pmid =  21512550| pmc = | bibcode = 2011Natur.472..283G | s2cid = 4416716 }}</ref>

Gosling's first supervisor was A.R. Stokes of the Physics Department. By 1950, Gosling's diffraction photographs were described by Wilkins at the time as "much better than [[Astbury]]'s, and almost like single crystals".<ref>Wilkins M.H.F. 1950. Letter to Markham, 15 June 1950, quoted in Olby, Robert 1974. ''The path to the  double helix''. Seattle: Unversity of Washington Prss, 333/4. {{ISBN|0-295-95359-4}}</ref>

Gosling's first supervisor was A.R. Stokes of the Physics Department. By 1950, Gosling's diffraction photographs were described by Wilkins at the time as "much better than [[Astbury]]'s, and almost like single crystals".<ref>Wilkins M.H.F. 1950. Letter to Markham, 15 June 1950, quoted in Olby, Robert 1974. ''The path to the  double helix''. Seattle: Unversity of Washington Prss, 333/4. {{ISBN|0-295-95359-4}}</ref>

Gosling was re-assigned to [[Rosalind Franklin]] when she joined Wilkins' group in 1951. For the next two years, they worked closely together to improve the X-ray diffraction photography of DNA and get a sharper image. Gosling made the X-ray diffraction image of DNA known as "Photo 51".<ref name="nature12806">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nature.com/news/due-credit-1.12806 |title=Due credit |journal=Nature |volume=496 |page=270 |date= 2013 |doi=10.1038/496270a}}</ref> This work led directly to the 1963 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] being awarded to [[Francis Crick]], [[James D. Watson]] and [[Maurice Wilkins]]. Gosling was the co-author with Franklin of one of the three DNA double helix papers published in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' in April 1953.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Franklin R.E. & Gosling R.G. 1953 | doi = 10.1038/171740a0 | title = Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate | journal = Nature | volume = 171 | issue = 4356 | pages = 740–741  | pmid =  13054694| pmc = }}</ref>

Gosling was re-assigned to [[Rosalind Franklin]] when she joined Wilkins' group in 1951. For the next two years, they worked closely together to improve the X-ray diffraction photography of DNA and get a sharper image. Gosling made the X-ray diffraction image of DNA known as "Photo 51".<ref name="nature12806">{{cite journal |url=http://www.nature.com/news/due-credit-1.12806 |title=Due credit |journal=Nature |volume=496 |page=270 |date= 2013 |issue=7445 |doi=10.1038/496270a|pmid=23607133 }}</ref> This work led directly to the 1963 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] being awarded to [[Francis Crick]], [[James D. Watson]] and [[Maurice Wilkins]]. Gosling was the co-author with Franklin of one of the three DNA double helix papers published in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' in April 1953.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Franklin R.E. & Gosling R.G. 1953 | doi = 10.1038/171740a0 | title = Molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate | journal = Nature | year = 1953 | volume = 171 | issue = 4356 | pages = 740–741  | pmid =  13054694| pmc = | bibcode = 1953Natur.171..740F | s2cid = 4268222 }}</ref>

Gosling died in [[London]] at 88 on 18 May 2015.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4445388.ece Professor Raymond Gosling]</ref>

Gosling died in [[London]] at 88 on 18 May 2015.<ref>[http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article4445388.ece Professor Raymond Gosling]</ref>

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== References ==

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== Other websites ==

==Other websites==

* [http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/4/402 Detailed interview 2013 in ''Genome Biology''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429145105/http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/4/402 |date=2015-04-29 }}

* [http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/4/402 Detailed interview 2013 in ''Genome Biology''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429145105/http://genomebiology.com/2013/14/4/402 |date=2015-04-29 }}

* [http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dna Raymond Gosling in The King's story]

* [http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/dna Raymond Gosling in The King's story]