Archibald Hill

Archibald Vivian Hill
Born(1886-09-26)26 September 1886
Bristol, England
Died3 June 1977(1977-06-03) (aged 90)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
Known forMechanical work in muscles
Muscle contraction model
Founding biophysics
Hill equation (biochemistry)
SpouseMargaret Neville Keynes[1]
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1922)
Royal Medal (1926)
Actonian Prize (1928)
Copley Medal (1948)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology and biophysics
InstitutionsCambridge University
University of Manchester
University College London
Academic advisorsWalter Morley Fletcher
Notable studentsTe-Pei Feng
Ralph H. Fowler
Bernard Katz
Notes
He is notably the father of Polly Hill, David Keynes Hill, Maurice Hill, and the grandfather of Nicholas Humphrey.

Archibald Vivian Hill CH OBE FRS[2] (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.[3][4]

  1. ^ Nobel Prize Outreach AB (3 June 1977). "Archibald V. Hill – The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922 – Biographical". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 29 August 2024.Free access icon
  2. ^ Katz, Bernard (1978). "Archibald Vivian Hill. 26 September 1886 – 3 June 1977". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 24: 71–149. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1978.0005. JSTOR 769758. PMID 11615743. S2CID 46444782.
  3. ^ Bassett, D.R. Jr (2002). "Scientific contributions of A. V. Hill: exercise physiology pioneer". Journal of Applied Physiology. 93 (5): 1567–1582. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01246.2001. PMID 12381740. S2CID 14704104.
  4. ^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31230. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)