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Robin Hill

1899 - 1991

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Robert Hill FRS (2 April 1899 – 15 March 1991), known as Robin Hill, was a British plant biochemist who, in 1939, demonstrated the 'Hill reaction' of photosynthesis, proving that oxygen is evolved during the light requiring steps of photosynthesis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robin Hill has received more than 9,805 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Robin Hill is the 526th most popular chemist (down from 458th in 2019), the 4,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,185th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robin Hill ranks 526 out of 602. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Karen Wetterhahn, Alexey Favorsky, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, and Eugen Baumann. After him are Hans von Pechmann, Leslie Orgel, Sabir Yunusov, Peter Armbruster, Neil Bartlett, and Robert Jarvik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Robin Hill ranks 265. Before him are Wolfgang Krull, Maria Wittek, Jan Lechoń, Jacques Audiberti, Lyman Lemnitzer, and Louis Guilloux. After him are Américo Tesoriere, Hendrik Marsman, Vince Gallagher, Ilse Bing, Giorgio Chiavacci, and Ann Bishop. Among people deceased in 1991, Robin Hill ranks 213. Before him are Adrian Quist, Giacomo Mari, Wilhelm Brinkmann, Yulia Drunina, Meindert DeJong, and Eladio Rojas. After him are G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Lars Hall, Zośka Vieras, Stan Mortensen, Steve Clark, and Cliff Bastin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 4,240 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Docherty (1928), Roy Kinnear (1934), Allen Jones (1937), Jimmy Jones (1928), Clive Swift (1936), and John Loder (1898). After him are Peter Mark Roget (1779), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), John Morley (1838), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Mick Avory (1944), and Joseph Bazalgette (1819).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 66. Before him are Archibald Scott Couper (1831), Charles Blagden (1748), David MacMillan (1968), William Hallowes Miller (1801), Edward Charles Howard (1774), and Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893). After him are Leslie Orgel (1927), Neil Bartlett (1932), John Mayow (1640), John Roebuck (1718), Henry Roscoe (1833), and Martyn Poliakoff (1947).

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