Alexander Hill | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Alexander_Hill_by_E_Humphrey.jpg) Alexander Hill c. 1891 | |
| Principal of Southampton University College | |
| In office January 1913 – 1920 | |
| Preceded by | Spencer Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Tudor Loveday |
| Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | |
| In office 1897–1899 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Smith |
| Succeeded by | William Chawner |
| Master of Downing College, Cambridge | |
| In office 1888–1907 | |
| Preceded by | William Lloyd Birkbeck |
| Succeeded by | Frederick Howard Marsh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1856 Loughton, Essex, England |
| Died | 28 February 1929 (aged 72–73) Southampton, England |
| Spouse |
Emma Woodward (m. 1878) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Medical doctor, professor |
Alexander Hill (1856 – 28 February 1929) was a medical doctor and professor who was Master of Downing College, Cambridge from 1888 to 1907 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1897 to 1899. He was Principal of Southampton University College from 1913 to 1920.[1][2]
A brain specialist, he was the first person to use the term 'neuron' in English to describe the nerve cell and its processes, in his 1891 translation of a German paper summarizing the lectures of Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz.[3]
- ^ Royal College of Surgeons, Biography of Fellows, 13 April 2012, accessed 24 August 2013
- ^ The University of Southampton (1962) A. Temple Patterson, Southampton University Press, ASIN: B0000CLFGC
- ^ Mehta, Arpan R.; Mehta, Puja R.; Anderson, Stephen P.; MacKinnon, Barbara L. H.; Compston, Alastair (1 January 2020). "Etymology and the neuron(e)". Brain. 143 (1): 374–379. doi:10.1093/brain/awz367. ISSN 0006-8950. PMC 6935745. PMID 31844876.