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Archibald Hill
English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).
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English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).
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.
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Achievements and distinctions
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English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977).
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Faraday Medal and Prize
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Companion of Honour
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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Royal Medal
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Croonian Medal and Lecture
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Baly Medal
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Actonian Prize
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Guthrie Lecture
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doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger
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honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse
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Copley Medal
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Cothenius Medal
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Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture
Career and education
Employers and institutions
University College London · University of Cambridge · Victoria University of Manchester
Memberships
Royal Society of London · Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities · German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Académie Nationale de Médecine · National Academy of Sciences · Romanian Academy · American Philosophical Society
Leadership and official positions
member of the 37th Parliament of the United Kingdom
Education
Trinity College · Trinity Hall · University of Cambridge · Blundell's School · School of Medicine, University of Manchester
Fields of work
physiology
Places of work
London
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