Alan Hodgkin

Alan Hodgkin

English physiologist and biophysicist

Died aged 84AquariusUnited Kingdom

Biography

Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (5 February 1914 – 20 December 1998) was an English physiologist and biophysicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles.

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Career highlights

Career & roles

  • President of the Royal Society
  • Master of Trinity College, Cambridge

Employers / organisations

  • University of Cambridge

Family

Spouse(s)
Marni Hodgkin
Children
Deborah HodgkinSarah HodgkinRachel HodgkinJonathan Hodgkin
Parents
George Lloyd HodgkinMary Fletcher Wilson

Awards & honours (11)

  • Fellow of the Royal Society
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Copley Medal
  • Royal Medal
  • Annual Review Prize Lecture
  • Croonian Medal and Lecture
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Baly Medal
  • Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society

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Alan Hodgkin died on December 20, 1998 at the age of 84.
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Alan Hodgkin was born on February 5, 1914.
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Alan Hodgkin was born in Banbury.
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Alan Hodgkin is a citizen of United Kingdom.
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According to Wikidata, Alan Hodgkin's spouse is or was Marni Hodgkin.
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Wikidata lists 4 children of Alan Hodgkin.

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