Person Hill; David Keynes (1915 - 2002); physiologist and biophysicist Hill David Keynes physiologist and biophysicist 1915 - 2002 British Male England, United Kingdom 23 July 1915 19150723 England, United Kingdom 18 August 2002 20020818

Physiologist and biophysicist Biophysics Physiology Education: Culcheth Hall (1920); Bowdon College (1922); Byron House School (1923); Highgate School (1928-1934); Trinity College, Cambridge (1934) Career: Early career following that of his father; wartime operational research (associations with PMS Blackett and BF Schonland) Senior Lecturer (1949-1962 Reader in Biophysics (1962-1975); Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith ( 1970-1976); Professor of Physics (1975-1982). Parents: Archibald Vivian Hill FRS 1918 and his wife Margaret Hill, daughter of John Neville Keynes and sister of John Maynard Keynes. Siblings: Polly Hill, distinguished economist; Janet, a doctor; Maurice Neville Hill FRS 1962 Spouse: (m. 1949) Stella Humphrey, sister of the immunologist John Humphrey FRS 1963 Children: Two daughters. Made many important and highly individual contributions to the experimental study of muscle. These include studies of the scattering, diffraction and absorption of light during contraction; the localisation of adenine nucleotides, phosporylcreatine and other substances within the muscle fibre by histochemical and autoradiographic methods; the discovery and investigation of non-linear mechanical properties which are likely to be of major importance in unravelling the movements of the various component parts of the fibril. All these have been pioneering investigations, in which he worked alone with little or no help from previous investigations. Has also made many investigations of a more conventional kind, on heat production, oxygen consumption and pH changes. Discovered an optical change in nerve when it is stimulated, and showed that it is due to a change of volume of the fibres. Son of Archibald Vivian Hill FRS 1918, elder brother of Maurice Hill FRS. Fellow 16/03/1972 56 Obituaries: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 197-212, plate, by Sir Andrew Huxley Huxley, A. David Keynes Hill (1915–2002). Nature 419, 800 (2002) [URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/419800a; last accessed: 17/09/2025] 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/pdf/10.1098/rsbm.2003.0012 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Hill%2C+David+Keynes https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH4086 23 Jul 1915 - 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 17/09/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA4486 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/09/2025 RS_NET\VidaM Yes a5a8269b-55de-4a58-8962-f54490ceeb44