Background
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt to her parents, John and Grace Crowfoot.
Her father was a school inspector who later gained an interest in archeology and became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology.
Dorothy’s fascination with chemistry and crystals started when she was ten on a visit to Sudan to visit her father. While she was there, her parents’ friend let her study and analyze chemicals. When she was fifteen, she received a book by William Henry Bragg (a Nobelist in physics) about using x-rays to analyze crystals, which sparked her interest and lead to her future career..
At eighteen, she studied physics and chemistry at Somerville college in Oxford where she conducted her fourth year research project on x-ray crystallography, which at the time was new technology. Her project involved crystallizing the substance she was studying, shooting x-rays at the crystal, and then studying the diffraction of the x-rays off the planes of the crystal’s structure. …show more content…
Hodkgin the same year.
Dorothy died on July 29, 1994 in Ilmington, United Kingdom
Life Achievements
Dorothy Hodgkin won the nobel prize in chemistry in 1964 for her use of X-ray techniques of to determine the structures of important biochemical substances. She was the third woman to win a nobel prize.
Second woman to receive the Order of Merit, a royal order that recognizes distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture
Hodgkin was the first woman to receive the Copley medal, which is an award given by the Royal Society to honor outstanding achievements in science
Winner of the Lenin Peace prize
Somerville College’s first fellow and tutor in chemistry
Bristol University’s Chancellor from 1970 to
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt to her parents, John and Grace Crowfoot.
Her father was a school inspector who later gained an interest in archeology and became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology.
Dorothy’s fascination with chemistry and crystals started when she was ten on a visit to Sudan to visit her father. While she was there, her parents’ friend let her study and analyze chemicals. When she was fifteen, she received a book by William Henry Bragg (a Nobelist in physics) about using x-rays to analyze crystals, which sparked her interest and lead to her future career..
At eighteen, she studied physics and chemistry at Somerville college in Oxford where she conducted her fourth year research project on x-ray crystallography, which at the time was new technology. Her project involved crystallizing the substance she was studying, shooting x-rays at the crystal, and then studying the diffraction of the x-rays off the planes of the crystal’s structure. …show more content…
Hodkgin the same year.
Dorothy died on July 29, 1994 in Ilmington, United Kingdom
Life Achievements
Dorothy Hodgkin won the nobel prize in chemistry in 1964 for her use of X-ray techniques of to determine the structures of important biochemical substances. She was the third woman to win a nobel prize.
Second woman to receive the Order of Merit, a royal order that recognizes distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture
Hodgkin was the first woman to receive the Copley medal, which is an award given by the Royal Society to honor outstanding achievements in science
Winner of the Lenin Peace prize
Somerville College’s first fellow and tutor in chemistry
Bristol University’s Chancellor from 1970 to