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The Copley Medal, which recognises "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science", has previously been awarded to such eminent scientists as Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick and Stephen Hawking.
The Royal Society of London announces the 2011 Copley Medal winner 2011
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Many have become household names, such as the brilliant crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin, who famously won a Nobel prize in 1964, and whose whirling portrait by Maggi Hambling 1985 now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010
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Franklin seriously considered staying in France, but under professional advice from Dorothy Hodgkin about future scientific opportunities in England versus France, and because of pressure from her family, Rosalind decided to return home to England.
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The Dorothy Hodgkin memorial lecture is held in the memory of the scientist who won a Nobel Prize for her work in chemistry and campaigned throughout her life for peace and disarmament.
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The molecular structure of vitamin B12, which Dorothy Hodgkin determined using X-ray crystallography.
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In the other hard sciences, the contributions of great women have usually been empirical rather than theoretical, with leading cases in point being Henrietta Leavitt, Dorothy Hodgkin, Lise Meitner, Irène Joliot-Curie and Marie Curie.
From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007
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When Dorothy Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964, much was made of her gender.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Georgina Ferry 2010
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The naming of the first after Dorothy Hodgkin and the second after Margaret Thatcher reflects Daphne's characteristic even-handedness.
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Dorothy Hodgkin, who used X-ray crystallography to create synthetic penicillin and insulin; and
Brits at their Best 2010
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Dorothy Hodgkin was born 100 years ago next month.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Georgina Ferry 2010
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