Papers and photographs of Dorothy Hodgkin

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Comprising:

childhood sketchbook, with watercolour sketches of Italian landscapes, pencil sketches of architectural features, and a quotation from Tolstoy, c.1920
ten colour photographs of Hodgkin with her daughter, Liz Hodgkin, and carers, at her home, Crab Mill, Ilmington, c.1992-1994
papers relating to a lunch at Buckingham Palace hosted by the Queen for members of the Order of Merit, including the seating plan, guest list and mounted colour photograph of the Order of Merit with the Queen, signed by Prince Philip and the Queen, 1992
orders of service for her funeral and thanksgiving service, 1994-1995
copy letter of thanks from Liz Hodgkin to Dorothy's carer, Jackie Hodgkinson, 1994

Dates

Creation: c.1920-1995

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 8393, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MS. Eng. c. 8393

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 11877

Additional Description

Abstract

Papers and photographs from Dorothy Hodgkin's later years, and a childhood sketch book.

Biographical / Historical

Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin (1910-1994) was a chemist and x-ray crystallographer. During her long career at Oxford, as a Fellow at Somerville College, she determined the structure of penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin. She was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1947, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1964 and was made a member of the Order of Merit in 1965. She is still the only British female scientist to have received a Nobel Prize.