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Authorised form of nameHill; Sir; Leonard Erskine (1858 - 1952); physiologist
Dates1858 - 1952
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBruce Castle, Lordship Lane, Tottenham, Middlesex, England
Date of birth28 January 1858
Place of deathField Cottage, Corton, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England




Date of death30/03/1952
DatesAndPlacesBurial: Corton churchyard, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Occupationphysiologist
Research fieldMedicine
Physiology
ActivityEducation: early education at Haileybury College; University College, London (MB 1890)
Career: Embarked upon an academic career in physiology, with a Sharpey scholarship to University College, under Professor Edward Albert Schafer (FRS 1878), during which time he worked in collaboration with John Rose Bradford (FRS 1894) and William Bayliss (FRS 1903); studied intra-cranial pressure, blood flow in the brain, and effects of gravity on general circulation; appointed lecturer on physiology at the London Hospital (1895), later professor (1912); appointed head of the department of applied physiology in the projected National Institute for Medical Research (1914); engaged in a range of research, with the department, attempting to determine the significance of fresh air and sun exposure in promoting general health (1914-1930).
Honours:
Kt 1930
Memberships:
Fellow of University College, London
Awards/Medals:
Honorary LLD from the University of Aberdeen.
Honorary ARIBA.
Institution of Mining Engineers gold medal.
Harben Medal
Sidey Medal
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election14/06/1900
Age at election42
ProposerEdward Albert Schafer; John Burdon Sanderson; Augustus Desire Waller; Frederick William Pavy; Philip Henry Pye-Smith; Frederick Walker Mott; Sidney Harris Cox Martin; John Rose Bradford; John Hughlings Jackson
RSActivityExhibited his 'Katathermometer' at the Royal Society Conversazione of 1913.
RelationshipsParents: George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1835–1903) and Annie (1837/8–1902), daughter of Edward Scott.
Great grandfather: T.W Hill
Great uncles: Sir Rowland Hill and Matthew Davenport Hill.
Siblings: Sir Maurice Hill, the judge, and Sir Arthur Norman Hill, authority on shipping problems.
Spouse: Janet (1867/8–1956), daughter of Frederick Alexander, a bank clerk (18 September 1891).
Children: Austin Bradford Hill (FRS 1954), Nannette, three other sons and one daughter.
PublishedWorksRCN 21326
RCN 44082
RCN 44143
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SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1952-1953 vol 8 pp 431-443, plate, by C G Douglas
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/70448911
CodeNA1756
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1900/05Hill, Sir Leonard Erskine: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/GA/Russell/99191Hill, Sir Leonard Esrkinend
RR/15/62Referee's report by Ernest Henry Starling, on a paper 'Cerebral anaemia and the effects which follow ligation of the cerebral arteries' by Leonard Erskine HillMay 1900
RR/15/220Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Thermal adjustment and respiratory exchange in monotremes and marsupials: A study in the development of homothermism' by Charles James MartinMay 1901
RR/15/217Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The properties of the arterial and venous walls' by J A MacWilliamNovember 1901
RR/24/6Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Observations on changes in the blood pressure and blood volume following operations in man. (Preliminary communication.)' by Captain H C Bazett[November 1918]
RR/21/70Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on two papers 'The measurement of arterial pressure in man. I.—The auditory method' and 'The measurement of arterial pressure in man. II.—A schematic investigation' by Martin Flack, Leonard Erskine Hill and James McQueen[January 1915]
NLB/39/323Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Leonard [Erskine] Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society4 December [January] 1909
NLB/18/322Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Schafer, Fellow of the Royal Society22 February 1899
NLB/20/667Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Dr Leonard [Erskine] Hill, [Fellow of the Royal Society], Jasmine Cottage, Frognal, Hampstead, N.W.14 June 1900
NLB/21/462Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill 23 November 1900
NLB/21/505Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society28 November 1900
NLB/23/1/406Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill, [Fellow of the Royal Society]7 November 1901
NLB/23/1/442Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society13 November 1901
NLB/24/691Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Leonard Erskine Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society17 June 1902
NLB/24/575Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society4 June 1902
NLB/34/868Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society19 March 1907
NLB/32/397Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Leonard Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society5 March 1906
NLB/38/107Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society16 June 1908
NLB/46/126Copy letter from John Rose Bradford, to Leonard Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society13 June 1912
NLB/44/614Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr L [Leonard Erskine] Hill FRS 29 September 1911
NLB/44/470Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr Leonard Hill FRS14 July 1911
NLB/44/736Copy letter from John Rose Bradford to [Leonard Erskine] Hill1 November 1911
NLB/44/621Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr Leonard [Erskine] Hill FRS 3 October 1911
NLB/45/57Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr Leonard [Erskine] Hill FRS14 December 1911
NLB/47/193Copy letter from Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr L [Leonard Erskine] Hill FRS12 December 1912
NLB/64/710Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Leonard [Erskine] Hill, FRS7 June 1923
NLB/51/365Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Leonard Erskine Hill FRS24 February 1915
NLB/51/291Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Leonard Erskine Hill FRS2 February 1915
NLB/55/225Copy letter from Miss Maud K. Jukes, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Micaiah John Muller] Hill, FRS24 January 1918
RR/20/66Referee's report by John Scott Haldane, on a paper 'The resonance of the tissues as a factor in the transmission of the pulse and in blood pressure' by Leonard Erskine Hill, James M McQueen and William W IngramAugust 1913
RR/19/37Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Physiological observations made on Pike's Peak, Colorado, with special reference to adaptation to low barometric pressures' by Claude Gordon Douglas, John Scott Haldane, Yandell Henderson and Edward C Schneider[August 1912]
NLB/62/226Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Leonard Erskine] Hill, FRS5 January 1922
RR/22/12Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Effects of functional activity in striated muscle and the submaxillary gland' by Joseph Barcroft and Toyojiro KatoSeptember 1915
RR/18/127Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Further experiments upon the blood volume of mammals and its relation to the surface area of the body' by Georges Dreyer and William RayNovember 1911
RR/32/79Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The effect of light on the circulation' by D T HarrisFebruary 1925
RR/29/2Referee's report by William Maddock Bayliss, on a paper 'The biological action of light. I - The influence of temperature' by Leonard Erskine Hill and A EidenowApril 1923
NLB/55/263Copy letter from [William Bate] Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Professor Leonard [Erskine] Hill, FRS06 February 1918
RR/18/147Referee's report by John Scott Haldane, on a paper 'The physiological influence of ozone' by Leonard Erskine Hill and Martin FlackOctober 1911
RR/44/120Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The relation between energy doses of ultra-violet radiation and actinic erythema produced' by Mary D WallerMarch 1931
RR/17/235Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The solubility of air in fats, and its relation to caisson disease' by H M Vernon and John Scott Haldane[April 1907]
RR/44/119Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The measurement of actinic erythema produced by ultra-violet radiation with special reference to the latent time' by Mary D WallerMarch 1931
RR/21/20Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'Report of the monte rosa expedition of 1911' by Joseph Barcroft, M Camis, C G Mathison, Ff Roberts and J H Ryffel[January 1914]
RR/26/62Referee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'The kata-thermometer as a measure of ventilation' by Leonard Erskine Hill, H M Vernon and D Hargood-Ash[November 1921]
RR/35/107Referee's report by Gordon Miller Bourne Dobson, on a paper 'Measurement of the biologically active ultra-violet rays of sunlight' by Leonard Erskine HillApril 1927
NLB/68/854Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS13 November 1925
NLB/62/63Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard] Hill, FRS24 November 1921
NLB/65/505Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Leonard Erskine] Hill, FRS9 November 1923
NLB/65/674Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Leonard [Erskine] Hill, FRS6 December 1923
NLB/64/526Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Leonard [Erskine] Hill, FRS26 April 1923
NLB/64/698Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Leonard Erskine] Hill4 June 1923
NLB/65/623Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Leonard [Erskine] Hill, Esq., FRS26 November 1923
RR/35/108Referee's report by George Clarke Simpson, on a paper 'Measurement of the biologically active ultra-violet rays of sunlight' by Leonard Erskine Hill7 February 1927
RR/19/68Referee's report by Edward Nettleship, on a paper 'The relation between capillary pressure and secretion. II.— The secretion of the aqueous and the intraocular pressure' by Leonard Erskine Hill and Martin Flack[June 1912]
RR/21/69Referee's report by Bertram Hopkinson, on two papers 'The measurement of arterial pressure in man. I.—The auditory method' and 'The measurement of arterial pressure in man. II.—A schematic investigation' by Martin Flack, Leonard Erskine Hill and James McQueen28 January 1915
NLB/65/295Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS8 October 1923
NLB/68/545Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS31 July 1925
NLB/68/253Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr Leonard Hill, FRS5 June 1925
NLB/68/157Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to H. T. Wilkins Esq.; Crowhurst Road, Brixton, S.W.9.21 May 1925
NLB/69/174Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Renton] Elliott, FRS21 January 1926
NLB/68/886Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS20 November 1925
IM/GA/WS/4436Hill, Sir Leonard Esrkinend
RR/15/60Referee's report by David Ferrier, on a paper 'Cerebral anaemia and the effects which follow ligation of the cerebral arteries' by Leonard Erskine HillApril 1900
NLB/20/326Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Dobinson Halliburton, Fellow of the Royal Society23 March 1900
RR/22/125Referee's report by Joseph Barcroft, on a paper 'The effect of the depth of pulmonary ventilation on the oxygen in the venous blood of man' by J Frederick William Twort and Leonard Erskine HillFebruary 1915
RR/20/67Referee's report by Charles James Martin, on a paper 'The conduction of the pulse wave and the measurement of arterial pressure' by Leonard Erskine Hill, James M McQueen and Martin FlackFebruary 1914
RR/22/53Referee's report by John Beresford Leathes, on a paper 'The measurement of the rate of heat-loss at body temperature by convection, radiation, and evaporation' by Martin Flack, O W Griffith and Leonard Erskine Hill2 November 1915
RR/35/110Third referee's report by George Clarke Simpson, on a paper 'Measurement of the biologically active ultra-violet rays of sunlight' by Leonard Erskine Hill17 July 1927
NLB/68/37Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir John Rose Bradford, KCMG, FRS4 May 1925
HD/25/21Presentation album for Henry Dale on his retirement from the National Institute for Medical Research 30 September 1942
MDA/C/12/2/4Letter from Leonard Hill, the London Hospital Medical College, Turner Street, Mile End, London, 17 June 1901, to 'Dear Sir' [William Abbott Herdmann?] 17 June 1901
RR/33/14bReferee's report by Archibald Vivian Hill, on a paper 'Effects of ultra-violet radiation upon involuntary muscle, and the supposed physiological interference of visible rays' by Yoichi Azuma and Leonard Erskine HillNovember 1925
RR/20/38Referee's report by Leonard Erskine Hill, on a paper 'The changes in the breathing and the blood at various high altitudes' by M P FitzgeraldJanuary 1913
PP/23/4Paper, 'On intra-cranial pressure. Preliminary note' by Leonard Erskine Hill1893
AP/71/2Unpublished paper, 'The influence of the force of gravity on the circulation' by Leonard Hill1894
RR/15/61Referee's report by Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, on a paper 'Cerebral anaemia and the effects which follow ligation of the cerebral arteries' by Leonard Erskine HillApril 1900
RR/22/52Referee's report by Henry Hallett Dale, on a paper 'The measurement of the rate of heat-loss at body temperature by convection, radiation, and evaporation' by Martin Flack, O W Griffith and Leonard Erskine HillOctober 1915
RR/26/61Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The kata-thermometer as a measure of ventilation' by Leonard Erskine Hill, H M Vernon and D Hargood-Ash[October 1921]
RR/35/109Second referee's report by George Clarke Simpson, on a paper 'Measurement of the biologically active ultra-violet rays of sunlight' by Leonard Erskine HillApril 1927
RR/53/112Referee's report by John Scott Haldane, on a paper 'The limit of high flying when breathing oxygen' by Leonard Erskine Hill[February 1934]
MC/19/436Letter from Leonard Hill, The London Hospital Medical College (University of London), Turner Street, Mile End, London, to the Royal Society9 January 1905
NLB/42/818Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr Leonard [Erskine] Hill FRS 18 October 1910
NLB/47/213Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr L [Leonard Erskine] Hill FRS18 December 1912
MC/19Volume 19 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1904
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