Dorothy Hodgkin vs Jane Austen
Two science prodigies, compared on what is actually documented: field, era, country and record. No invented numbers.
The record, side by side
| Dorothy Hodgkin | Jane Austen | |
| Field | Science | Science |
| Sub-field | Chemistry | Astronomy |
| Born | 1910 | 1775 |
| Died | 1994 | 1817 |
| Country of birth | Egypt | ENG |
| Star sign | Taurus | Sagittarius |
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
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Jane Austen
Jane Austen published six complete novels, lived in a Hampshire village, never married, and died at forty-one. By any conventional measure of her time, her life was circumscribed: a clergyman's daughter with limited income and no public platform, writing in the common sitting room she shared with her family, sliding her manuscript under a blotter when visitors arrived. Yet she produced a body of work that literary scholars consistently rank among the greatest in the English language — and that millions of ordinary readers have loved with a personal intensity few authors inspire.
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What they share
- Both are held here under Science.
Where they part
- Born in different countries: Egypt and ENG.
- 135 years separate their births (1910 and 1775).
- Their lifetimes never overlapped.
Questions people ask
- Who came first, Dorothy Hodgkin or Jane Austen?
- Jane Austen. Dorothy Hodgkin was born in 1910, Jane Austen in 1775.
- What field is each of them in?
- Dorothy Hodgkin is filed under Science (Chemistry). Jane Austen is filed under Science (Astronomy).
- Were they contemporaries?
- No - their lifetimes do not overlap.