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Birthday
(Thursday)
Died
Birthplace
Nationality
Languages
English
Spouse
Thomas Lionel Hodgkin (1937-1982)
Parents
John Winter Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood Crowfoot
Residences
Oxford
Education
Newnham College, Sir John Leman High School, Somerville College, University of Oxford
Zodiac Sign
♉ Taurus
Chinese Zodiac
狗 Dog
Name Origin
English < Hebrew (מִרְיָם)
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Dorothy Hodgkin: British chemist.
Born in Cairo (died at age 84).
18 awards including Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
Studied at Newnham College.
AWARDS (18)
B
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
WON
B
Baly Medal
WON
B
Banting Medal
WON
B
Copley Medal
WON
Biography
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was an English chemist who advanced the technique of X-ray crystallography to determine the structure of biomolecules, which became essential for structural biology. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and is the only British woman scientist to have been awarded a Nobel Prize.
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