Inscriptions: Chemistry Laboratories
These plaques were erected in South Parks Road by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the first on the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, and the second on the Dyson Perrins Laboratory.
National Historic Chemical Landmark
The work of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
at the University of Oxford
In this building from 1956–1972 and at other times elsewhere
in the Oxford Science Area, Professor Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin,
(1910–1994) OM, FRS, Nobel Laureate, led pioneering work
on the structures of antibiotics, vitamins and proteins, including
penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin, using X-ray diffraction techniques.
Many methods for solving crystal structures were developed taking
advantage of digital computers from the very earliest days.
The work provided a basis for much of present day molecular
structure driven molecular biology and medicinal chemistry.
14 May 2001
Royal Society of Chemistry
National Historical Chemical Landmark
Dyson Perrins Laboratory
University of Oxford
This laboratory was a major centre for Organic Chemistry from 1916–2003
It had only four Heads in that time, the Waynflete Professors
W H Perkin Jnr, Sir Robert Robinson OM, Sir Ewart Jones, and
Sir Jack Baldwin
Sir Robert was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1947 for work done here
on natural products
24 September 2004