Person Hartridge; Hamilton (1886 - 1976); physiologist and inventor Hartridge Hamilton physiologist and inventor 1886 - 1976 British Male Stamford Hill, London, England 07 May 1886 18860507 13/01/1976 19760113

Physiologist and inventor Reaction kinetics Vision Eye physiology Physiology Education: Preparatory schools in Hampstead, London; St Vincent’s, Eastbourne (1897-1900); Harrow School (1900-1905); King's College Cambridge (1905-1908). MA; MD; ScD Career: Problem solver at The Airship Construction Station (1915-1919); Fellow (1912-1926) and Senior Demonstrator of Physiology, and Lecturer on the Physiology of the Senses, King's College Cambridge (1919-1928) where he made his discoveries that bats use sound not vision to navigate; notable for his ingenious and fruitful experimentation - in mirror galvanometry, the resonance theory of hearing, spectroscopy (he invented the reversion spectroscope while working on the oxygen and carbon monoxide combining power of haemoglobin with F W Roughton), colorimetry, and microscopy, though the projection microscope, as well as an automatic rheotome, were designed to meet teaching and research problems during his period at Barts. Graduated in medicine from St George's Hospital (1914). Professor of Physiology, St. Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School (1927-1947); to this period belong his textbook revisions and rewritings, including the 7th edition of Bainbridge and Menzies's 'Principles of Physiology ' in 1929 and the special senses section of later editions of Starling's 'Principles of Human Physiology'. He had unusuakl powers of exposition and delivered popular lectures on the special senses to audiences at the British Association, in the Christmas Lectures at the Royal Institution, and as Gresham Professor of physics at Gresham College. 'Director, Vision Research Unit in Institute of Opthalmology (1947-1951); Emeritus Professor of Physiology in the University of London. Parents: Henry Hill Hartridge and Sophy Annie (nee Walton). Spouse: Kathleen Adele Wilson (1916) Children: Three daughters, one son Known for the Hartridge Reversion Spectrometer used for studies of haemoglobin oxygen-binding. Fellow 06/05/1926 40 John Newport Langley; Frederick Gowland Hopkins; Joseph Barcroft; Archibald Vivian Hill; Ernest Henry Starling; William Maddock Bayliss; John Scott Haldane; Francis Hugh Adam Marshall Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1977 vol 23 pp 193-211, plate, by W A H Rushton Hartridge H, GA WS 2457.jpg ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1977.0008 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Hartridge%2C+Hamilton RCN 17986 RCN 17987 RCN 21862 RCN 8698 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH3848 7 May 1886 - 13 Jan 1976 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 23/07/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3561 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/93944722 c7e2f743-18b8-4d9c-8a62-d9d1f0ec37df