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Spouse
  

Name
  
Guy Dodson

Children
  
four

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Born
  
George Guy DodsonJanuary 13, 1937Palmerston North, New Zealand (
1937-01-13
)

Institutions
  
University of YorkUniversity of OxfordNational Institute for Medical Research

Died
  
December 24, 2012, York, United Kingdom

Books
  
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin, O.M.: A Biographical Memoir

Notable awards
  
Royal Society, Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom, Indian National Science Academy

(George) Guy Dodson FRS FMedSci (13 January 1937 – 24 December 2012), was a biochemist who specialised in protein crystallography at the University of York.

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Education

Dodson graduated from the University of New Zealand where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.

Career

Dodson did postdoctoral research with Dorothy Hodgkin at the University of Oxford. He devised along with Hodgkin, very intricate experimental, crystallographic and computer techniques that led to the final solution of the structure of insulin. Dodson was head of the structural biology laboratories at the University of York and National Institute for Medical Research, London. During his career he collaborated with many scientists including Dale Wigley, Gideon Davies, Andrzej Brzozowski, Leo Brady and Max Perutz.

Awards and honours

Dodson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1994. His nomination reads

Dodson was also a Foreign Member of the Indian National Science Academy (ForMemINSA) and the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci).

Personal life

Dodson was married to the scientist Eleanor Dodson with whom he had four children.

References

Guy Dodson Wikipedia


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