David Bowie 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
| David Bowie | Dorothy Hodgkin | |
| Field | Film | Science |
| Sub-field | Actor | Chemistry |
| Born | 1947 | 1910 |
| Died | 2016 | 1994 |
| Country of birth | United Kingdom | Egypt |
| Star sign | Capricorn | Taurus |
Who they are
David Bowie
On June 6, 1972, a twenty-four-year-old Brixton-born musician named David Robert Jones — performing under the name David Bowie, inhabiting a character he had named Ziggy Stardust — appeared on the BBC television programme Top of the Pops to perform "Starman," draped his arm around his guitarist Mick Ronson's shoulders in a gesture that was, for British television in 1972, practically avant-garde, and stared directly into the camera. The performance reached approximately fifteen million viewers. Within a week, the Ziggy Stardust album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was…
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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 David Bowie, Science for Dorothy Hodgkin.
- Born in different countries: United Kingdom and Egypt.
- 37 years separate their births (1947 and 1910).
Questions people ask
- Who came first, David Bowie or Dorothy Hodgkin?
- Dorothy Hodgkin. David Bowie was born in 1947, Dorothy Hodgkin in 1910.
- What field is each of them in?
- David Bowie is filed under Film (Actor). Dorothy Hodgkin is filed under Science (Chemistry).
- Were they contemporaries?
- Yes - their lifetimes overlap.