Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, OM , FRS (May 12, 1910–July 29, 1994) was a British scientist, born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot in Cairo.

Timeline of her discoveries

Dorothy determined the three-dimensional structures of the following biomolecules:

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• cholesterol in 1937
• penicillin in 1945
• vitamin B12 in 1954
• insulin in 1969
• as well as lactoglobulin, ferritin, and tobacco mosaic virus

The list is not exhaustive, it rather highlights major milestones.

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