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Archibald Vivian Hill

1866 - 1977

Born

26 September 1886

Bristol, South West, England, United Kingdom

Died

03 June 1977

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
02/05/1918
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
32
Fields of Interest
Physiology
Occupation
Physiologist
Relationships
Parents: Jonathan Hill (d. 1924), timber merchant, and Ada Priscilla (d. 1943), daughter of Alfred Jones Rumney, wool merchant. Spouse: (m. 1913) Margaret Neville (d. 1970). Children: Mary Eglantyne (Polly) Hill (1914 -2005), economist, married K.A.C. Humphreys, registrar of the West African Examinations Council; David Keynes Hill; (1915-2002), physiologist FRS ; Maurice Neville Hill (1919-1966) FRS, oceanographer; Janet Hill (1918-2000) child psychiatrist, married the immunologist John Herbert Humphrey; Grandfather of Nicholas Humphrey.