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Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Crowfoot HodgkinAKA Dorothy Mary Crowfoot

Born: 12-May-1910
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Died: 29-Jul-1994
Location of death: Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Determined structure of Vitamin B12

Father: John Winter Crowfoot
Mother: Grace Mary Hood
Husband: Thomas L. Hodgkin (m. 1937, three children)

    High School: Sir John Leman School, Beccles (1921-28)
    University: Somerville College, Oxford University (1928-32)
    University: Cambridge University
    Administrator: Chancellor, Bristol University (1970-88)
    Scholar: Research Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford University (1936-77)
    Scholar: Wolfson College, Oxford University (1977-82)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1964
    Royal Medal 1956
    Order of Merit 1965
    Copley Medal 1976
    Royal Society 1947
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1958


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