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Robin Hill

1899 - 1991

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Robert Hill FRS (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. He also made significant contributions to the development of the Z-scheme of oxygenic photosynthesis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robin Hill is the 542nd most popular chemist (down from 526th in 2019), the 4,322nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,240th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robin Hill ranks 542 out of 602Before him are Neil Bartlett, Mary L. Good, Sabir Yunusov, Rainer Ludwig Claisen, Gustav Rose, and Johannes Wislicenus. After him are Max Bodenstein, Takamine Jōkichi, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Nikodem Caro, Frederick G. Donnan, and Bruce Alberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Robin Hill ranks 263Before him are Suryakant Tripathi, Donald Johnston, Ladislav Vácha, Louis Guilloux, Panagiotis Pipinelis, and Giorgi Leonidze. After him are Byron Haskin, Wolfgang Krull, Jaroslav Skobla, El-Registan, Anders Petersen, and Ilse Bing. Among people deceased in 1991, Robin Hill ranks 210Before him are David Marshall Lang, Giacomo Mari, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Márcio Melo, Bruno Venturini, and Mildred Dunnock. After him are James Franciscus, Inga Gentzel, Zośka Vieras, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Ken Uehara, and Cesare Merzagora.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 4,323 out of 8,785Before him are Gerry Anderson (1929), Liam Howlett (1971), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Nick Park (1958), Donald Rayfield (1942), and Estelle Winwood (1883). After him are John Callen (1946), Mark Hughes (1963), Margery Kempe (1373), David Abulafia (1949), Richard Palmer-James (1947), and Stephen Mangan (1968).

Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 69Before him are Edward Charles Howard (1774), John Walker (1781), William Hallowes Miller (1801), David MacMillan (1968), Charles Blagden (1748), and Neil Bartlett (1932). After him are John Roebuck (1718), Leslie Orgel (1927), Carol V. Robinson (1956), John George Children (1777), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947).