Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Peter Aldous (Conservative), on Tuesday, 4 February 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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RECOGNITION OF SCIENTIST DOROTHY HODGKIN

That this House recognises the work of Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994), a pioneer scientist in the field of X-ray crystallography who, before the high-tech age, identified the three dimensional positioning of atoms in the molecules of various materials, including penicillin, vitamin B12, steroids and insulin; notes that this cracked the code, which then enabled scientists to make materials synthetically thus saving countless lives worldwide; celebrates that Dorothy Hodgkin was a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to biochemistry at a time when women in science were few and far between; further notes that she remains the only British woman to have won a science Nobel Prize, was the second woman to receive the Order of Merit in 1965, the first woman to receive the Copley Medal and winner of the Lenin Peace Prize; further notes that Dorothy Hodgkin was one of five Women of Achievement selected for a set of British stamps issued in August 1996; further notes that she tutored former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at the University of Oxford; acknowledges that 2014 is the year of crystallography; further celebrates her passion for campaigning for peace and East-West understanding; believes that her achievements should be remembered by including her in the Key Stage 1 education syllabus; and calls on all hon. and right hon. Members to recognise and celebrate her outstanding contribution to science.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1042 

Session

2013-14

Other sponsors

Paul Flynn

Gregory Campbell

Jeremy Corbyn

James Gray

Hugh Bayley

Subjects

Hodgkin, Dorothy

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk