Early Life and Education Sir Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin (1932-2017) was born in Hammersmith, London, on August 6th, 1932. His father, Eliot Hodgkin, held a managerial position at ICI – Imperial Chemical Industries – and possessed a passion for horticulture. Hodgkin’s maternal grandfather, Gordon Hewart, served as a journalist, lawyer, Member of Parliament (MP), and Lord Chief Justice, shaping his intellectual upbringing from an early age. This lineage instilled in him a deep appreciation for both artistic expression and legal precision—influences that would subtly permeate his entire oeuvre…