Portrait of Archibald Vivian Hill
Date
1942
Sitter
Archibald Vivian Hill (1886 - 1977) , Physiologist
Creator
Walter Stoneman (1876 - 1958, British) , Photographer
Creator - Organisation
J. Russell & Sons, Photographer
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Dimensions
height (print): 130mm
width (print): 95mm
width (print): 95mm
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Description
Half-length portrait of A. V. Hill, body turned to the left as viewed and looking right of the camera. Dressed in a white shirt and a black suit and tie.
Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, served as its Vice President between 1943-1944, Secretary between 1935-1945 and Foreign Secretary between 1945-1946. He was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal, 1948, Croonian Award and Lecture, 1926, and was joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1922 for ‘his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle’.
Archibald Vivian Hill (1886-1977), British physiologist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, served as its Vice President between 1943-1944, Secretary between 1935-1945 and Foreign Secretary between 1945-1946. He was awarded the Society’s Copley Medal, 1948, Croonian Award and Lecture, 1926, and was joint recipient of the Nobel Prize (Physiology or Medicine) in 1922 for ‘his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle’.
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