Person Hodgkin; Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (1910 - 1994); chemist and crystallographer Hodgkin Dorothy Mary Crowfoot chemist and crystallographer 1910 - 1994 British Female Guizeh, near Cairo, Egypt, Africa 12/05/1910 19100512 Ilmington, near Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England 29/07/1994 19940729

Laboratory of Chemical Crystallography, University Museum, Oxford (1945)

chemist and crystallographer Biochemistry Crystal chemistry Structural biology Chemical crystallography X-ray crystallography Education: Sir John Leman School, Beccles; Newnham College Cambridge; Somerville College, Oxford (1928-1932, Chemistry) Career: Research work on sterols, with J D Bernal (FRS 1937) at Cambridge; returned to Oxford and continued work with X-ray analysis; University Lecturer and Demonstrator (1946); University Reader in X-ray crystallography (1956); Wolfson Research Professor of the Royal Society (1960-1977); her students at Somerville College included Margaret Thatcher; Vice-President, Medical Aid Committee for Vietnam (1965), President (1971); second woman to be appointed to the Order of Merit (1965); Chancellor, Bristol University (1970-1988); President, International Union of Crystallography (1972-1975); President, Pugwash conferences on Science and World Affairs (1976-1988); President, British Association for the Advancement of Science (1977-1978); died following a stroke. Medals and prizes: Nobel Prize (Chemistry) 1964 Dalton Medal 1976 Lomonosov Gold Medal 1982 Honours: OM 1965 Parents: John Winter Crowfoot (1873–1958), inspector with the ministry of public instruction for Egypt and the Sudan, later director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and Grace Mary (Molly) Hood (1877–1957), authority on ancient textiles. Spouse: (1937) Thomas Lionel Hodgkin (died 1982). Children: Luke Howard (born 1938), Prudence Elizabeth (born 1943), John Robin Tobias (born 1946). Determined the structure of insulin, establishing the general form and the leading inter-atomic distances in crystalline insulin. Studied sterols and proteins, advancing knowledge on the stereo-chemical structure of the sterol skeleton, and in proteins she carried out work on virus structures. Demonstrated it is possible to derive the complete structure of organic substances of unknown chemical composition by X-ray methods alone. Mapped the structure of cobalamin (vitamin B12). Confirmed the structure of penicillin, previously surmised by Edward Abraham and Ernst Boris Chain. Became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. A privately commissioned portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin, by Bryan Organ, became part of the collection of the Royal Society in 1982, making it the first portrait of a woman to be included in the Society's collection. The Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship is awarded by the Royal Society "for outstanding scientists at an early stage of their research career who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as parenting or caring responsibilities or health-related reasons." Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1956; Copley Medal 1976 Lectures: Tercentenary 1960; Bakerian 1972 Fellow 20/03/1947 36 Kathleen Lonsdale William Hume-Rothery William Lawrence Bragg Francis Simon Howard Walter Florey John Monteath Robertson William Thomas Astbury Ian Morris Heilbron John Desmnd Bernal AssocMaterial: NCUACS 47/3/94 and 135/8/04. Papers and correspondence deposited in the Bodleian Library, Oxford Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002 vol 48 pp 179-219, plate, by G Dodson FRS References: Sir John Cornforth, 'Portrait of Dorothy Hodgkin, OM, FRS' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 1-4, plate Joan Mason, 'The Women Fellows' Jubilee' in NR 1995 vol 49 pp 125-140 S Ramaseshan, 'Dorothy Hodgkin and the Indian Connection' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 115-127, plate J Corden, 'Web of Science History' project in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 383-388 D Blow and S Wallwork, 'Prehistory of the British Crystallographic Association' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 177-186 P Harper, 'Preserving scientific archives: the work of NCUACS' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 227-232 Hodgkin D M C, GA AR 7132.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2002.0011 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Hodgkin%2C+Dorothy+Mary+Crowfoot; doi.org/10.1098/rsnr.2022.0012 RCN 44501 RCN 13840 RCN 44502 RCN R79761 RCN 10147 RCN 14635 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH4165 12 May 1910 - 29 Jul 1994 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 11/12/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA8241 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 2f4ad533-7010-4ca4-b176-dcc94b73ace0