Dorothy Hodgkin vs Dorothy Vaughan
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994) and Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1910 to 1994.
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Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994)
- — Born in Cairo, Egypt Verified
- — Studied chemistry at Oxford Verified
- — Completed doctorate at Cambridge Verified
- — Determined the structure of penicillin Verified
- — Determined the structure of vitamin B12 Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Determined the structure of insulin Verified
- — Death in Shipston-on-Stour, England Verified
Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified