Fonds HODG - Papers of Sir Alan Hodgkin

Identity area

Reference code

HODG

Title

Papers of Sir Alan Hodgkin

Date(s)

  • 1902-2000 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

197 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

(1914-1998)

Biographical history

Alan Hodgkin was born on 5 February 1914, son of George Lloyd Hodgkin and his wife Mary. He attended school in Cornwall and Norfolk, winning a scholarship to Trinity College Cambridge in 1932. Although his intention was to study Zoology, he tookread more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This sizable archive contains the following materials. Biographical and autobiographical material 1914-2000, school and college papers 1919-1936, honours and awards 1936-1987, family correspondence and papers 1902-1977, personal correspondence 1937-1981,read more

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Not all the material in this collection may yet be available for consultation. Enquiries should be addressed in the first instance to:

The Archivist
Trinity College Library
Cambridge
Cambridge
CB2 1TQ

archives@trin.cam.ac.uk

Finding aids

This collection-level catalogue was produced by Jonathan Smith. The Hodgkin papers were catalogued by Simon Coleman, Peter Harper and Timothy E. Powell of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and a typescriptread more

Allied materials area

Related units of description

Hodgkin worked closely with Sir Andrew Huxley, whose (uncatalogued) papers are also at Trinity College Library.

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Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

NCUACS

136/1/05