Hodgkin family

The Hodgkin family is a British Quaker family where several members have excelled in science, medicine, and arts.

The first famous member of the family was the grammarian and calligrapher John Hodgkin (1766–1845). His descendants include the physician Thomas Hodgkin (after whom Hodgkin's lymphoma was named), the historian Thomas Hodgkin (bearing the same name), and Nobel laureate physiologist Alan Hodgkin.


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