Alfred Hitchcock vs Dorothy Hodgkin
Two child prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Alfred Hitchcock | Dorothy Hodgkin | |
| Field | Film | Science |
| Sub-field | Screenwriter | Chemistry |
| Born | 1899 | 1910 |
| Died | 1980 | 1994 |
| Country of birth | United Kingdom | Egypt |
| Star sign | Leo | Taurus |
Who they are
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899, in Leytonstone, a quiet district of east London, to a greengrocer and his wife. He was a shy, overweight child who found that stories — their architecture, their capacity to generate unease — interested him more than almost anything else. His father once sent him to the local police station with a note, and the duty officer locked him in a cell for five minutes as a lesson in what happens to naughty boys. Hitchcock later described this as the defining trauma of his life, the…
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Dorothy Hodgkin
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964 — Structures of penicillin, vitamin B12 & insulin X-ray crystallography · Oxford University · Third woman Nobel Chemistry laureate Born May 12, 1910 · Cairo · Died July 29, 1994
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What they share
- Their lifetimes overlap.
Where they part
- Different fields: Film for Alfred Hitchcock, Science for Dorothy Hodgkin.
- Born in different countries: United Kingdom and Egypt.
- 11 years separate their births (1899 and 1910).
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Alfred Hitchcock or Dorothy Hodgkin?
- Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock was born in 1899, Dorothy Hodgkin in 1910.
- What field is each of them in?
- Alfred Hitchcock is filed under Film (Screenwriter). Dorothy Hodgkin is filed under Science (Chemistry).
- Were they contemporaries?
- Yes - their lifetimes overlap.