Dorothy Hodgkin vs El Greco
Two child prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Dorothy Hodgkin | El Greco | |
| Field | Science | Art |
| Sub-field | Chemistry | Painting |
| Born | 1910 | 1541 |
| Died | 1994 | 1614 |
| Country of birth | Egypt | Spain |
| Star sign | Taurus | Libra |
Who they are
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
Full biography of Dorothy Hodgkin →
El Greco
Domenikos Theotokopoulos — called El Greco, simply "the Greek," by the Spanish who could not pronounce his name — was born in Crete around 1541. He arrived in the world as a Byzantine icon painter, trained in the flat gold-ground tradition of Eastern Christianity, and ended his life as one of the most radical Western painters who ever lived, a figure so far ahead of his time that the twentieth century had to rediscover him to understand what he had been doing.
What they share
- Both are documented on this site with a verified biography.
Where they part
- Different fields: Science for Dorothy Hodgkin, Art for El Greco.
- Born in different countries: Egypt and Spain.
- 369 years separate their births (1910 and 1541).
- Their lifetimes never overlapped.
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Dorothy Hodgkin or El Greco?
- El Greco. Dorothy Hodgkin was born in 1910, El Greco in 1541.
- What field is each of them in?
- Dorothy Hodgkin is filed under Science (Chemistry). El Greco is filed under Art (Painting).
- Were they contemporaries?
- No - their lifetimes do not overlap.