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1. English chemist (born in Egypt) who used crystallography to study the structure of organic compounds (1910-1994)
   - Dorothy Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin
    
2. English physiologist who, with Andrew Huxley, discovered the role of potassium and sodium atoms in the transmission of the nerve impulse (1914-1998)
   - Alan Hodgkin, Sir Alan Hodgkin, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
    
3. English physician who first described Hodgkin's disease (1798-1866)
   - Thomas Hodgkin

Derived forms: Hodgkins

Type of: chemist, doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician, physiologist

Encyclopedia: Hodgkin