Dorothy Hodgkin

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British scientist Nobel laureate chemist crystallographer human

Dorothy Hodgkin was a British chemist and Nobel laureate renowned for advancing X-ray crystallography and determining the structures of vital biomolecules such as penicillin, vitamin B12, and insulin.

Aliases (2)

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin ×6
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British scientist → Nobel laureate → chemist → crystallographer → human →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Lomonosov Gold Medal → Nobel Prize in Chemistry → Order of Merit → Royal Medal →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
citizenship	United Kingdom →
countryOfBirth	Egypt →
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1910-05-12 →
dateOfDeath	1994-07-29 →
doctoralAdvisor	John Desmond Bernal →
educatedAt	Somerville College, Oxford → University of Cambridge → University of Oxford →
employer	Somerville College, Oxford → University of Oxford →
familyName	Crowfoot → Hodgkin →
fieldOfWork	X-ray crystallography → chemistry → structural biology →
fullName	Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin →
givenName	Dorothy →
hasChild	Elizabeth Hodgkin → Luke Hodgkin → Toby Hodgkin →
knownFor	X-ray crystallography of biomolecules → determination of penicillin structure → determination of vitamin B12 structure → work on insulin structure →
memberOf	Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs → Royal Society →
nationality	British →
NobelPrizeCategory	Chemistry →
NobelPrizeYear	1964 →
notableWork	X-ray analysis of insulin → X-ray analysis of penicillin → X-ray analysis of vitamin B12 →
placeOfBirth	Cairo →
placeOfDeath	Shipston-on-Stour →
positionHeld	Chancellor of the University of Bristol → Fellow of the Royal Society →
religion	Quakerism →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Thomas Lionel Hodgkin →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Copley Medal → Davy Medal → Royal Medal →	notableRecipient
Dorothy → Hodgkin →	hasNotableBearer
Somerville College, Oxford →	educated
Dorothy Hodgkin ("Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	fullName
Somerville College, Oxford →	hasAlumnus
Hodgkin family →	hasMember
Thomas Lionel Hodgkin ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	hasRelative
John Desmond Bernal ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	influenced
Toby Hodgkin →	mother
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	namedAfter
Nobel Prize in Chemistry ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	notableLaureate
Royal Society →	notableMember
Thomas Lionel Hodgkin ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	spouse
Crowfoot ("Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin") →	usedBy