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Authorised form of nameHill; James Peter (1873 - 1954)
Dates1873 - 1954
Date of birth21 February 1873
Date of death24/05/1954
ActivityEducation:
DSc (Edin)
Memberships:
FLS; FZS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/05/1913
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Darwin Medal 1940
Lectures:
Croonian 1929
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1955 vol 1 pp 101-117, plate, by D M S Watson
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/46913440
CodeNA1767
Archives associated with this Fellow
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RR/31/29Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Cell inclusions in the oogenesis of scorpions' by Vishwa Nath[January 1925]
RR/21/124Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'On the nature of the tubes in marsupial enamel, and its bearing upon enamel development' by J Howard Mummery[March 1914]
NLB/32/762Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Professor James Thomas Wilson and Dr James Peter Hill[22] May 1906
NLB/48/134Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [James Peter] Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society23 May 1913
NLB/48/286Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [James Peter] Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society10 June 1913
NLB/50/36Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [James Peter] Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society21 April 1914
NLB/50/87Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [James Peter] Hill, Fellow of the Royal Society29 April 1914
NLB/51/707Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor James Peter Hill FRS1 June 1915
NLB/52/291Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Professor James Peter Hill, FRS3 November 1915
NLB/58/49Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS4 March 1920
NLB/53/302Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS05 July 1916
RR/41/41Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on epithelial phagocytosis.-I' by H M CarletonJanuary 1931
NLB/54/199Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS1 March 1917
NLB/54/347Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [John Stanley] Gardiner, Chairman of the Zoology Comittee and FRS19 April 1917
RR/22/57Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillMay 1915
RR/22/55Referee's report by John Graham Kerr, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillMay 1915
NLB/54/500Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS2 June 1917
RR/22/54Referee's report by Richard Assheton, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillApril 1915
NLB/54/204Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS1 March 1917
RR/29/61Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The placentation of hyrax capensis' by [Dorothy] Thursby-PelhamOctober 1923
RR/26/125Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Observations on the skull in foetal specimens of whales of the genera Megaptera and Balaenoptera' by the late R G Ridewood[August 1921]
NLB/53/643Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS16 November 1916
NLB/53/630Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS13 November 1916
RR/28/71Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Some peculiarities of the blood-vascular system of the porbeagle shark (Lamna cornubica)' by Richard Higgins Burne[July 1923]
NLB/58/61Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS8 March 1920
RR/33/104Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The early development of Cavia: Note on associated remains of previous placentation' by Norman H W MaclarenDecember 1925
NLB/58/111Copy letter from Edwin Deller, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS16 March 1920
RR/40/42Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Observations on the living eggs of the rabbit' by Gregory PincusJune 1930
RR/47/99Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Experimental distortion of development in amphibian tadpoles. Part II' by D E SladdenJuly 1932
NLB/67/770Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS3 March 1925
RR/33/100Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on amphibian metamorphosis. —II' by Julian Sorell HuxleyJanuary 1925
RR/34/47Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Secretion and the Golgi apparatus in the cells of the Islets of Langerhans' by Reginald James Ludford and W Cramer[November 1926]
RR/34/4Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The history of the cytoplasmic inclusions of the egg of Ciona intestinalis (L.) during oogenesis and fertilisation' by L A Harvey[November 1926]
NLB/69/107Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS12 January 1926
RR/43/63Referee's report by Edward Fawcett, on a paper 'A young human embryo (Embryo Dobbin) with head-process and prochordal plate' by James Peter Hill and J FlorianAugust 1931
NLB/68/474Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS16 July 1925
RR/43/145Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The passage of sperms and of eggs through the oviducts in terrestrial vertebrates' by G H ParkerMay 1931
NLB/60/661Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS10 March 1921
RR/46/63Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The development of Rana temporaria under the influence of cane sugar solution' by E Piiper and Ernest William MacBride[November 1932]
NLB/68/250Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS5 June 1925
RR/48/33Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'On the development of the blood vessels in the head of the chick' by A F W Hughes[April 1934]
NLB/60/644Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS9 March 1921
RR/22/56Referee's report by Richard Assheton, on a paper 'The development of the thymus, epithelial bodies, and thyroid in the marsupialia. Part I - Trichosurus vulpecula' by Elizabeth A Fraser and James Peter HillApril 1915
RR/49/92Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The reproductive processes of certain mammals. Part VI. - The reproductive cycle of the female hedgehog' by Ruth Deanesly[November 1933]
RR/49/102Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies in the secretion of the pancreas and salivary glands' by E S Duthie[July 1933]
RR/65/101Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The development of rodent teeth in the embryo and in vitro' by S GlasstoneJuly 1938
RR/56/107Second referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the physiology of the maternal placenta in the rat' by Hans Selye and T Mckeown[October 1935]
RR/56/106Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the physiology of the maternal placenta in the rat' by Hans Selye and T Mckeown[July 1935]
NLB/72/213Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS24 May 1929
RR/65/83Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The origin and developmental mechanics of the avian sternum' by Honor Bridget FellJuly 1938
NLB/67/348Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS8 December 1924
RR/67/217Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Observations on the structure, development and electrical reactions of the internal ear of the shaker-1 mouse (Mus musculus)' by Hans Grüneberg, Charles Skinner Hallpike and A Ledoux1940
NLB/67/808Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, FRS13 March 1925
NLB/68/41Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney Harmer, KBE, FRS4 May 1925
NLB/67/112Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS27 October 1924
NLB/65/267Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, FRS1 October 1923
RR/55/72Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Vestigial structures observed in male mice after prolonged treatment with oestrogenic compounds' by Harold BurrowsJuly 1935
NLB/65/95Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Frederick William] Gamble, FRS; circulated to all members of the Zoology Committee26 July 1923
RR/31/4Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Contributions to the comparative anatomy of the reptilian and the amphibian eye, chiefly based on ophthalmological examination' by George Lindsay Johnson[July 1924]
NLB/65/72Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, FRS24 July 1923
NLB/67/690Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS14 February 1925
NLB/67/220Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS14 November 1924
NLB/67/867Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS30 March 1925
NLB/70/33Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS6 December 1926
NLB/66/827Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS21 July 1924
NLB/66/788Copy letter from [William Bate Hardy,] Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill8 July 1924
NLB/66/851Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS29 July 1924
NLB/69/521Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS27 May 1926
NLB/68/919Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney Harmer, KBE, FRS30 November 1925
NLB/69/172Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS23 January 1926
NLB/68/893Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS21 November 1925
NLB/69/750Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS4 October 1926
NLB/69/730Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS15 September 1926
NLB/70/798Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS26 September 1927
NLB/72/86Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS25 February 1929
NLB/72/414Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS7 October 1929
NLB/72/385Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS26 September 1929
NLB/72/480Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [James Peter] Hill, FRS9 November 1929
NLB/69/170Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [James Peter] Hill, FRS22 January 1926
EC/1913/08Hill, James Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/22/84Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'On the occurrence of an intracranial ganglion upon the oculo-motor nerve in scyllium canicula, with a suggestion as to its bearing upon the question of the segmental value of certain of the cranial nerves' by George E Nicholls1915
RR/39/89Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Oestrus and pseudo-pregnancy in the ferret' by John Hammond and Francis Hugh Adam Marshall[June 1929]
RR/49/15Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The segmentation and chondrification of the skull of the duck' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and Ernest James William Barrington[November 1933]
RR/62/70Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the nature of the amphibian organization centre IV—Further experiments on the chemistry of the evocator' by Conrad Hal Waddingto, Joseph Needham, W W Nowinski, Max Rudolf Lemberg and Arthur Cohen[February 1936]
NLB/32/509Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Zoology Sectional Committee22 March 1906
NLB/54New Letter Book volume 54, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration10 January 1917-2 November 1917
NLB/68/746Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William Cecil Dampier] Wetham Esq., FRS; also circulated to Sir James [Colquhoun] Irvine; Sir Thomas Lewis; Professor [John Charles Grant] Ledingham; Professor [James Peter] Hill; Professor [Edmund Johnston] Garwood; Professor [Frederick Alexander] Lindemann; [John Edensor] Littlewood Esq.; Sir [Robert] Robertson29 October 1925
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
RR/43/64Referee's report by James Thomas Wilson, on a paper 'A young human embryo (Embryo Dobbin) with head-process and prochordal plate' by James Peter Hill and J FlorianAugust 1931
RR/46/96Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The biological action of homogeneous and heterogeneous X-rays' by C M Scott11 November 1932
RR/57/10Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the embryology of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. and F. - I - The early development, with a new theory of multi-phased gastrulation among insects' by Mithan Lal Roonwal[January 1936]
RR/16/408Referee's report by Adam Sedgwick, on a paper 'Observations on the development of ornithoryhnchus' by James Thomas Wilson and James Peter Hill13 March 1906
RR/16/407Referee's report by Sidney Frederic Harmer, on a paper 'Observations on the development of ornithorhynchus' by James Thomas Wilson and James Peter Hill9 February 1905
RR/57/38Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the nature of the amphibian organization centre II—Induction by synthetic polycyclic hydrocarbons' by Conrad Hal Waddington and Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham[January 1935]
RR/57/42Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the nature of the amphibian organization centre. I—Chemical properties of the evocator' by Conrad Hal Waddington, Joseph Needham, W W Nowinski and R Lemberg[January 1935]
RR/39/96Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The differential action of X-rays on tissue growth and vitality. Part I' by Warnford Moppett[June 1929]
RR/41/19Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The early development of the skull of the rabbit' by Gavin Rylands De Beer and J H WoodgerFebruary 1930
RR/44/127Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Experiments on the development of chick and duck embryos, cultivated in vitro' by Conrad Hall WhaddingtonDecember 1931
RR/47/14Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The reproductive processes of certain mammals— Parts IV and V. Part IV. The oestrous cycle of the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)' by Ruth Deanesly and Alan Sterling ParkesNovember 1932
RR/62/67Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'Studies on the nature of the amphibian organization centre III—The activation of the evocator' by Conrad Hal Waddington, Joseph Needham and Jean Brachet[February 1936]
RR/64/33Referee's report by James Peter Hill, on a paper 'The development and morphology of the teeth of Ornithorhynchus' by H L H H Green[March 1937]
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