Fun Facts About Dorothy Hodgkin
- Dorothy Hodgkin taught chemistry to the young Margaret Thatcher, who as prime minister hung Hodgkin's portrait in her Downing Street office, though Hodgkin was a lifelong Labour supporter.[1][3][4]
- Hodgkin worked out the structure of insulin in 1969, 35 years after taking her first photograph of an insulin crystal.[1]
- Hodgkin developed rheumatoid arthritis at 24 and had to build her own lever to work the main switch on her X-ray equipment.[1]
- Hodgkin drew the mosaics of Byzantine-era churches at Jerash in Jordan and enjoyed archaeology so much that she considered giving up chemistry for it.[1]
- Hodgkin is the only British woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize, and she learned of her 1964 award while in Ghana, where her husband advised President Kwame Nkrumah.[1][5][6]
- In 1976 Hodgkin became the first woman to receive the prestigious Copley Medal.[1]
- Dorothy Hodgkin was alive at the same time as Selena Gomez — their lives overlapped for 2 years (1992–1994).[1][2][7][8]
- Dorothy Hodgkin shares a birthday with Florence Nightingale: both were born on May 12.[1][2][9][10]
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.[1]
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Questions About Dorothy Hodgkin
When was Dorothy Hodgkin born?
Dorothy Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910, and died on July 29, 1994.
How old was Dorothy Hodgkin at death?
Dorothy Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910, and died on July 29, 1994, at age 84.
What was Dorothy Hodgkin known for?
Dorothy Hodgkin was known for: Nobel Prize for X-ray crystallography of biochemical substances. 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.
Who was alive at the same time as Dorothy Hodgkin?
Dorothy Hodgkin's closest contemporary was Bob Hope. Their lives overlapped for 84 years.
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- Dorothy Hodgkin — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Dorothy Hodgkin (Q7487) — Wikidata
- Margaret Thatcher — Wikipedia
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- Kwame Nkrumah — Wikipedia
- Kwame Nkrumah (Q8620) — Wikidata
- Selena Gomez — Wikipedia
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- Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
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- Portrait: Professor Dorothy Hodgkin.jpg — Wikimedia Commons. University of Bristol, CC BY-SA 2.0