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Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
1910 – 1994 (Born in Cairo)
Hodgkin advanced X-ray crystallography, determining the structure of many biomolecules
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1964)
Determined the structure of vitamin B12
Contributions to the development of protein crystallography
Confirmed the structure of penicillin
Determined the structure of the hormone insulin
She was the first woman to receive the Copley Medal from the Royal Society
Married to Thomas Lionel Hodgkin
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