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Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was a Nobel Prize-winning British chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became an essential tool in structural biology. Among her most influential discoveries are the confirmation of the structure of penicillin as previously surmised by Edward Abraham and Ernst Boris Chain; and the structure of vitamin B₁₂, for which in 1964 she became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Hodgkin also elucidated the structure of insulin in 1969 after 35 years of work. Hodgkin used the name "Dorothy Crowfoot" until twelve years after marrying Thomas Lionel Hodgkin, when she began using "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin". For simplicity's sake, Hodgkin is referred to as "Dorothy Hodgkin" by the Royal Society, and by Somerville College. The National Archives of the United Kingdom refer to her as "Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin".
BornDorothy Mary Crowfoot, May 12, 1910, Cairo, Egypt
DiedJuly 29, 1994, Ilmington, Warwickshire, England
NationalityBritish
FieldsBiochemistry, X-ray crystallography
EducationSir John Leman Grammar School
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford (BA), University of Cambridge (PhD)
ThesisX-ray crystallography and the chemistry of the sterols (1937)
Doctoral studentsJudith Howard, Michael N. G. James
Other notable studentsJack D. Dunitz (postdoc), Margaret Thatcher (undergraduate), Tom Blundell (postdoc), Guy Dodson (postdoc), June Lindsey (postdoc)
Known forDevelopment of protein crystallography, Determining the structure of insulin
Notable awardsRoyal Medal (1956), Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1964), Order of Merit (1965), EMBO Member (1970), Copley Medal (1976), Dalton Medal (1981), Lomonosov Gold Medal (1982)
ChildrenLuke, Elizabeth, and Toby

About Dorothy Hodgkin

Chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt (She dies at the age of 84, on July 29, 1994).

X-ray crystallography was invented by a British chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964. Later, she was able to comprehend the structure of insulin thanks to her ingenuity.

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Dorothy Hodgkin before becoming famous

Dorothy Hodgkin was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1910 is also the year of Dog (狗) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She developed an interest in crystals from a young age, which was piqued by a family friend who is a scientist, and resulted in her desire to pursue chemistry in high school.

Achievement of Dorothy Hodgkin

She was able to use her method to uncover the structure of the insulin molecule five years after winning the Nobel Prize, closing off 35 years of research.

Dorothy Hodgkin's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Her father was an archaeologist and professor, and she was born in Cairo, Egypt.

Dorothy Hodgkin Collabed with

She was honored with a set of ten Royal Society stamps depicting some of the society's most renowned members, including Doctor Joseph Lister.

Dorothy Hodgkin Income & Net worth

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