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Hodgkin was in Ghana with her husband when they received the news that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize. She acquired from her mother, Molly, a concern about social inequalities and a determination to do what she could to prevent armed conflict.
During the late 1980s, Hodgkin encouraged a former student of hers, Margaret Thatcher, to visit the Soviet Union and establish a better rapport with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. In 1977, Hodgkin retired from scientific life and moved to a home in the Cotswolds north of Oxford. Her husband died of emphysema in 1982.
Jun 22, 2023 · It was through a generous invitation from Sir William Bragg, Bernal’s former supervisor, to use his London X-ray facilities that Dorothy Crowfoot met her future husband, Thomas Hodgkin. Initially the couple settled in Oxford with their three children while she pursued her career as a Fellow of Somerville.
She married the historian Thomas Hodgkin in 1937 and had three children by 1946 – again, Somerville made it possible for her to combine work and family by giving her paid maternity leave at a time when this was almost unheard of. The UK did not introduce maternity leave legislation until 1975.
Jul 31, 1994 · She shared her husband's faith in the socialist paradise, no matter whether this was in the Soviet Union, China or Vietnam, and tended to close her eyes to the evils of the Communist...
Apr 14, 2020 · In 1937, at the beginning of her career, Dorothy married Thomas Hodgkin. Thomas was an authority in African history and working at the Oxford University. While she was busy with her lab,...
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Dorothy married Thomas Hodgkin, a historian’s son, the same year. Their marriage brought them three children. Their eldest son Luke became a mathematician. Their daughter Elizabeth followed her father’s career, becoming a historian, while the younger son Toby studied botany and agriculture.
