Leonard Hill | |
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 Sir L.E. Hill. Credit:Wellcome Library | |
| Born | (1866-06-02)2 June 1866 |
| Died | 30 March 1952(1952-03-30) (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | Haileybury College,University College, London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine,Physiology |
Sir Leonard Erskine HillFRS[1] (2 June 1866, inBruce Castle,Tottenham – 30 March 1952, inCorton, Suffolk) was aBritishphysiologist.[2][3] He was elected aFellow of the Royal Society in 1900[1] and was knighted in 1930. One of his sons was the epidemiologist and statisticianAustin Bradford Hill. His father wasGeorge Birkbeck Hill, the famous scholar and commentator on the works ofSamuel Johnson, who at the time of his birth was headmaster ofBruce Castle School.
Sir Leonard Erskine Hill attendedHaileybury College. He later received his MB fromUniversity College, London in 1890.[2] In 1931, he received an honoraryLLD from theUniversity of Aberdeen.[2]
Hill's work on blood pressure led him to believe "the arterial pressure can be taken in man as rapidly, simply, and accurately as the temperature can be taken with the clinical thermometer".[2] This work developed into theHill's sign.[2][4] Hill was the second recipient of theT. K. Sidey Medal, set up by theRoyal Society of New Zealand as an award for outstanding scientific research.[5][6][7]
Hill was an advocate oflight therapy and in 1924 authoredSunshine and Open Air: Their Influence on Health.[8]
Hill performed research intodecompression sickness,oxygen toxicity, and effects ofcarbon dioxide indiving.[2][3][9]
Hill advocated linear or uniformdecompression profiles.[3][9] This type of decompression is used today bysaturation divers. His work was financed byAugustus Siebe and theSiebe Gorman Company.[3]
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Hill married Janet Alexander in 1891, and they had six children.[2] In 1904, he took an extended leave of absence due totuberculosis.[2] Hill died of acerebral thrombosis in 1952.[2]
Hill was a distinguished watercolourist and also wrote children's stories. He was fond of the outdoor life, and went every day to bathe in a pond inEpping Forest atLoughton where he lived. He later moved toHampstead.
Leonard Erskine Hill.
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