Archibald Hill

Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977) was a British physiologist who shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on heat production in muscles.

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Otto Meyerhof: A German-born biochemist who shared the 1922 Nobel Prize for research on muscle metabolism. Hill shared the prize with Meyerhof for complementary studies of muscle energy and metabolism.
Hill equation: An equation describing how a response varies with ligand concentration using a Hill coefficient. The equation grew from Hill’s analysis of oxygen binding and later became a general model of cooperative responses.
Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: A demanding University of Cambridge examination in mathematics that shaped British mathematical education. Hill’s mathematical training equipped him to analyze physiological measurements quantitatively.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1922: The 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded jointly to Archibald Hill and Otto Meyerhof. The award recognized Hill’s and Meyerhof’s distinct contributions to understanding muscle energy.
Ernest Starling: A British physiologist who helped establish hormone physiology and coined the term hormone. Starling’s laboratory at University College London was where Hill began his major muscle research.
Hill coefficient: A measure of the steepness of a binding or response curve, often used to describe cooperativity. Its name recognizes Hill’s mathematical treatment of oxygen binding, though it does not always equal binding-site number.
University of Cambridge: A public research university in Cambridge, England, founded in 1209. Hill studied mathematics and physiology at Cambridge before beginning his research career.
Academic Assistance Council: A British organization founded in 1933 to help scholars displaced by political persecution. Hill helped establish the council, which supported academics forced to flee Nazi Germany.
A. V. Hill: The standard abbreviated name of Archibald Vivian Hill. Hill is frequently cited by his initials, which can be confused with other people named A. V. Hill.
Oxygen dissociation curve: A graph showing how hemoglobin oxygen saturation changes with oxygen partial pressure. Hill used the curve’s shape to model oxygen binding and quantify its cooperative character.