Hodgkin, Dorothy, 1910-1994

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Hodgkin was educated at Sir John Lehman School, Beccles and Somerville College, Oxford. Apart from two years research at Cambridge University after graduation she remained in Oxford for the rest of her career. She combined teaching chemistry at Somerville with research at the highest level. She became University lecturer and demonstrator in 1946, University Reader in X-ray crystallography in 1956 and from 1960 to official retirement in 1977, Wolfson Research Professor of the Royal Society. Hodgkin was elected FRS in 1947 and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her determinations by x-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.

From the description of Papers of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, 1928-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 154306108

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referencedIn Powell, Herbert Marcus, 1906-1991. Papers, 1925-1974. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Papers and correspondence of Richard Laurence Millington Synge, 1914-1994, 1892-1996 Trinity College Library, University of Cambridge
creatorOf Hodgkin, Dorothy, 1910-1994. Papers of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, 1928-1993. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Papers and correspondence of Herbert Marcus Powell, 1906-1991, 1893, 1924-1991 Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
referencedIn Jack Dunitz Papers, 1927-2009 Oregon State University SpecialCollections & Archives Research Center, The ValleyLibrary
referencedIn Haurowitz, Felix, 1896-1987. Mss., 1920-1985 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Papers and correspondence of Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, 1910-1994, 1928-1993 Department of Western Manuscripts, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
referencedIn David and Clara Shoemaker Papers, 1930-2000 Oregon State University LibrariesSpecial Collections & University Archives Research Center
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associatedWith Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901- person
associatedWith Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir, 1890-1971. person
associatedWith Bunn, C. W. (Charles William) person
associatedWith Crick, Francis, 1916-2004 person
associatedWith Dunitz, Jack D. person
associatedWith Harper, Peter. person
correspondedWith Haurowitz, Felix, 1896-1987 person
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associatedWith International Union of Crystallography. corporateBody
associatedWith Kapia, P.L. (Petr Leonidovich), 1894- person
associatedWith Medical Aid Committee for Vietnam. corporateBody
associatedWith Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994. person
associatedWith Powell, Herbert Marcus, 1906-1991. person
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associatedWith Shoemaker, David P. person
associatedWith University of Bristol. corporateBody
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associatedWith University of Oxford. corporateBody
associatedWith Wrinch, Dorothy. person
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Birth 1910-05-12

Death 1994-07-29

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