Robin Hill (biochemist)

Robert Hill
Robert Hill FRS
Born
Robert Hill

(1899-04-02)2 April 1899[1]
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Died15 March 1991(1991-03-15) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Notable studentsFrederick Whatley
David Alan Walker (postdoc)[2][3]

Robert Hill FRS[1] (2 April 1899 – 15 March 1991), known as Robin Hill, was a British plant biochemist who, in 1939, demonstrated the 'Hill reaction' of photosynthesis, proving that oxygen is evolved during the light requiring steps of photosynthesis.[5][6][7] He also made significant contributions to the development of the Z-scheme[8][9] of oxygenic photosynthesis.[4][10][11][12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ a b c Bendall, D. S. (1994). "Robert Hill. 2 April 1899 – 15 March 1991". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 40: 142–170. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0033. ISSN 0080-4606. S2CID 73043184.
  2. ^ Walker, D. A.; Hill, R (1967). "The relation of oxygen evolution to carbon assimilation with isolated chloroplasts". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 131 (2): 330–8. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(67)90146-6. PMID 6049483.
  3. ^ Walker, D. A. (1997). "Tell me where all past years are" (PDF). Photosynthesis Research. 51: 3–4. doi:10.1023/A:1005798803998. S2CID 10337431.
  4. ^ a b Walker, David Alan (2002). "'And whose bright presence' – an appreciation of Robert Hill and his reaction". Photosynthesis Research. 73 (1/3): 51–54. doi:10.1023/A:1020479620680. ISSN 0166-8595. PMID 16245102. S2CID 21567780.
  5. ^ Hill, R. (1937). "Oxygen Evolved by Isolated Chloroplasts". Nature. 139 (3525): 881–882. Bibcode:1937Natur.139..881H. doi:10.1038/139881a0. S2CID 4095025.
  6. ^ Hill, R.; Scarisbrick, R. (1940). "Production of Oxygen by Illuminated Chloroplasts". Nature. 146 (3689): 61–62. Bibcode:1940Natur.146...61H. doi:10.1038/146061a0. S2CID 35967623.
  7. ^ Hill, R. (1939). "Oxygen Produced by Isolated Chloroplasts". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 127 (847): 192–210. Bibcode:1939RSPSB.127..192H. doi:10.1098/rspb.1939.0017.
  8. ^ Walker, D. A. (2002). "The Z-scheme – down hill all the way". Trends in Plant Science. 7 (4): 183–185. Bibcode:2002TPS.....7..183W. doi:10.1016/S1360-1385(02)02242-2. PMID 11950615.
  9. ^ Hill, R.; Bendall, F. (1960). "Function of the Two Cytochrome Components in Chloroplasts: A Working Hypothesis". Nature. 186 (4719): 136–137. Bibcode:1960Natur.186..136H. doi:10.1038/186136a0. S2CID 4225589.
  10. ^ Mabberley, D. J. (2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/49777. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ Hill, R.; Whittingham, C.P. (1953). Photosynthesis. London: Methuen.
  12. ^ Archives Hub, Papers and correspondence of Robert (Robin) Hill, 1899-1991
  13. ^ Prince, R. C. (1992). "Robert Hill, FRS; his published work". Photosynthesis Research. 34 (3): 329–32. Bibcode:1992PhoRe..34..329P. doi:10.1007/BF00029806. PMID 24408827. S2CID 20861602.
  14. ^ Robin Hill's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  15. ^ Bendall, D.S. (1971). "[33] Cytochrome components in chloroplasts of the higher plants". Photosynthesis and Nitrogen Part A. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 23. pp. 327–344. doi:10.1016/S0076-6879(71)23109-8. ISBN 9780121818869.