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Archibald Hill

1886-09-26 – 1977-06-03

Photograph of Archibald V. Hill (1886-1977)Credit: Photographer unknown. Subject (Hill) deceased. This photo is under copyright by The Nobel Foundation, which is based in Sweden. The photograph was likely published during or before the awarding of Hill's 1922 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology. Supporting this publication date, the source web site for Hill's biography (see above) lists a 1922 copyright date. The photograph was likely produced in either the United Kingdom (residence of Hill) or Sweden (residence of The Nobel Foundation).

Life & Legacy

Archibald Vivian Hill (26 September 1886 – 3 June 1977), better known to friends and colleagues as A. V. Hill, was a British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. He shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his elucidation of the production of heat and mechanical work in muscles.

Occupation & Career

politician, mathematician, physician, physiologist, biophysicist

Education

Trinity College; Trinity Hall; University of Cambridge; Blundell's School; School of Medicine, University of Manchester

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Faraday Medal and Prize; Companion of Honour; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; Royal Medal; Croonian Medal and Lecture; Baly Medal; Actonian Prize; Guthrie Lecture; doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger; honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse; Copley Medal; Cothenius Medal; Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Actonian Prize · Baly Medal · Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture · Companion of Honour · Copley Medal · Cothenius Medal · Croonian Medal and Lecture · doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger · Faraday Medal and Prize · Guthrie Lecture · honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine · Officer of the Order of the British Empire · Royal Medal

Employer

University College London · University of Cambridge · Victoria University of Manchester

Organizations & Memberships

Académie Nationale de Médecine · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · American Philosophical Society · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · National Academy of Sciences · Romanian Academy · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities