 The National Archives of the United Kingdom refer to her as "Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin".Dorothy Mary Crowfoot was born in Cairo, Egypt, the eldest of the three daughters of John Winter Crowfoot (1873–1959), then working for the country's Ministry of Education, and his wife Grace Mary (née Hood) (1877–1957), known to friends and family as Molly.The family lived in Cairo during the winter months, returning to England each year to avoid the hotter part of the season in Egypt.