Dorothy Hodgkin was born on 12 May 1910 in Cairo. A British chemist, Hodgkin pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography to determine the structures of complex biological molecules. She worked out the structures of penicillin and vitamin B12, and, after decades of effort, insulin. For her determination of the structures of important biochemical substances, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964, the only British woman to win a science Nobel Prize. She taught at Oxford, where Margaret Thatcher was one of her students. She suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis from an early age and was a campaigner for peace and nuclear disarmament.
Before and after
- 19 February 1910Construction of Old Trafford
- 23 March 1910Birth of Akira Kurosawa
- 21 April 1910Death of Mark Twain
- 11 May 1910Establishment of Glacier National Park
- 12 May 1910Birth of Dorothy Hodgkin
- 15 May 1910First match of the Italy men's national association football team
- 27 May 1910Death of Robert Koch
- from 31 May 1910 to 31 May 1961Union of South Africa
- from 1 June 1910 to 14 June 1913Terra Nova Expedition
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