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Recognition Of Scientist Dorothy Hodgkin

EDM number 1042 in 2013-14, proposed by Peter Aldous on 04/02/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Science and Sex discrimination.

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.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Peter Aldous04/02/2014WaveneyConservativeProposed
Hugh Bayley05/02/2014York CentralLabourSeconded
James Gray05/02/2014North WiltshireConservativeSeconded
Gregory Campbell05/02/2014East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn05/02/2014Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Paul Flynn05/02/2014Newport WestLabourSeconded
Martin Caton05/02/2014GowerLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne06/02/2014Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson06/02/2014Hampstead and KilburnLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley06/02/2014Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell10/02/2014RomfordConservativeSigned
Jim Shannon10/02/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/02/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Dobbin10/02/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/02/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Vaz10/02/2014Walsall SouthLabourSigned
John Leech10/02/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea11/02/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
David Simpson11/02/2014Upper BannDUPSigned
Jim McGovern11/02/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
Hywel Francis11/02/2014AberavonLabourSigned
Katy Clark12/02/2014North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Ian Paisley Jnr12/02/2014North AntrimDUPSigned
Bob Blackman12/02/2014Harrow EastConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell12/02/2014Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McDonnell13/02/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
George Galloway13/02/2014Bradford WestRespectSigned
Mike Hancock24/02/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Naomi Long26/02/2014Belfast EastAllianceSigned
John Hemming12/03/2014Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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