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She was born
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo. Daughter of John Winter Crowfoot and Grace Crowfoot -
Primary School
Dorothy entered Sir John Leman's Primary School in Beccles, one of only two girls allowed to study chemistry. -
Oxford
At the age of 18, he began studying chemistry at Somerville College in Oxford (received first class honors). -
first researcher and tutor in chemistry
The university appointed her as its first researcher and tutor in chemistry, a position she held until 1977. -
Doctorate
She was awarded his Ph.D. for his research work in X-ray crystallography and sterol chemistry. -
Marriage
Dorothy married Thomas Lionel Hodgkin, He was an intermittent member of the Communist Party and later wrote several important works on African politics and history. ( with him she had 3 children) -
three-dimensional biomolecular structures
Dorothy along with C. H. Carlisle, published the first three-dimensional biomolecular structure, which was a steroid: cholesteryl iodide -
structure of penicillin
She and her colleagues discovered the structure of penicillin, demonstrating (in contrast to the scientific opinion of the time) that it contains a β-lactam ring. -
Vitamin B12
Dorothy first encountered vitamin B12 and created new crystals, her structure at that time was almost completely unknown, she deduced the presence of a ring structure, as the crystals were pleochroic with X-rays -
was one of the first people to see the DNA model
Along with scientific colleagues he was one of the first people to travel from Oxford to Cambridge to see the double helix model of DNA structure. -
Professor of the Royal Society at Wolfson
Dorothy was appointed Research Professor at the Royal Society in Wolfson, a position she held until 1970 -
Nobel Prize
Dorothy, after much effort, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the only British woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize in any of the three sciences. -
Queen
She was the second woman in 60 years, to be appointed to the Order of Merit by a king or queen. -
Pugwash Conference
She became president of the Pugwash Conference and served longer than anyone who preceded or succeeded her in this position.(She resigned in 1988) -
Peace Prize
Dorothy accepted the Lenin Peace Prize from the Soviet government in recognition of her work for peace and disarmament.