Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin tutor fledgling Margaret Thatcher

Tutor to a fledgling Margaret Thatcher at Oxford, and whilst their respective political positions could not have been more opposed, Margaret Thatcher had immense respect for her (Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, Nobel Laureate)and, during her time at No. 10, had a portrait of her above her desk.
A brilliant scientist, sadly eclipsed by Rosalind Franklin in the public eye, and also a great humanitarian, as well as being immensely supportive of her staff and inspired so many, including Max Perutz
One of the first female Royal Society Fellows with the likes of Katherine Lonsdale
A brilliant chemist, mathematician, and practitioner of X-ray crystallography, greatly admired by the Braggs.她是初出茅廬的瑪格麗特撒切爾在牛津大學的導師，盡管兩人的政治立場截然相反，但瑪格麗特撒切爾非常尊重她，在唐寧街 10 號任職期間，她的辦公桌上掛著她的肖像。
一位才華橫溢的科學家，可惜在公眾眼中被羅莎琳德富蘭克林所掩蓋，也是一位偉大的人道主義者，她非常支持她的員工，激勵了包括馬克斯佩魯茨在內的許多人
她是首批皇家學會女性研究員之一，與凱瑟琳朗斯代爾等人一起
一位才華橫溢的化學家、數學家和 X 射線晶體學的實踐者，深受布拉格夫婦的欽佩。

From a Childs Spark to a Lifetime of Discovery (Nobel Laureates Journal)
???? Age 14 While visiting her parents in North Africa, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin found a shiny black mineral in the yard. Mesmerized by its elegant shape, she became fascinated with crystals.
???? Age 16 She received a book by William Henry Bragg (29-year-old Nobel Laureate) on using X-rays to analyze crystals. This gift ignited a passion that never faded.
???? Teen Years At school, she and a friend petitioned to study chemistry instead of domestic science. She refused to let expectations limit her dreams.
???? University Years At Oxford, she pursued crystallography, determined to see molecules in a way no one had before.
???? World War II She turned her focus to penicillin, mapping its 17 atoms over four yearswork that helped mass production and saved millions of lives.
???? Post-War She tackled vitamin B12, critical for treating anemia. It took eight years to map its 181 atoms.
???? Decades of Persistence She spent 34 years solving the 788-atom structure of insulin, revolutionizing diabetes treatment.
Reflecting on her lifelong passion, Hodgkin once said, I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals. This quote from Hodgkin reinforces the theme of nurturing childhood passions throughout ones life.https://lnkd.in/gp9u2ebt
(source:todayinsci.com)
Hodgkins journey proves that childhood dreams dont have to fadethey can evolve, strengthen, and reshape the world. She followed her passion relentlessly, turning childhood curiosity into a lifetime of discovery.
What passion has stayed with you? Maybe its time to follow through.
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