1910–1994 British chemist and crystallographer who used X-ray crystal analysis to determine the structure of complex biological molecules.
Keywords: crystallography; penicillin; vitamin B
Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
Katherine D Watson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002759
| Further Reading | |
| book The Collected Works of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, 3 vols. (1994) Dodson G, Glusker J, Ramaseshan S and Venkatesan K (eds). Bangalore: Interline Publishing. | |
| book Dodson G, Glusker JP and Sayre D (eds) (1981) Structural Studies on Molecules of Biological Interest. A Volume in Honour of Professor Dorothy Hodgkin. Oxford: Clarendon Press. | |
| Dodson G (1994) Dorothy Hodgkin 1910–1994. Structure 2: 891–893. | |
| book Ferry G (1998) Dorothy Hodgkin: A Life. London: Granta Books. | |
| book James LK (ed.) (1993) Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 1901–1992. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation. | |
| book McGrayne SB (1993) "Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin". Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and Momentous Discoveries, pp. 225–254. New York: Birch Lane Press. | |
| book McMurray EJ (ed.) (1995) Notable Twentieth Century Scientists. New York: Gale Research. | |
| book Opfell OS (1986) "Wizard with crystals: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin". The Lady Laureates: Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize, 2nd edn, pp. 239–253. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. | |
| Ramaseshan S (1996) Dorothy Hodgkin and the Indian connection. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 50: 115–127. | |
| book Wasson T (ed.) (1987) Nobel Prize Winners. New York: HW Wilson Company. | |
