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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 9,264 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Robin Hill is the 458th most popular chemist (down from 441st in 2019), the 3,193rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,072nd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Chemist.

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  • 17

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Robin Hill ranks 458 out of 509. Before him are Albert Kluyver, Maclyn McCarty, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Ludwig Mond, Carl Jacob Löwig, and Christian Konrad Sprengel. After him are William Hallowes Miller, Robert Havemann, Adolph Strecker, Caleb Bradham, Hans Goldschmidt, and Theodor Curtius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Robin Hill ranks 190. Before him are Marcel Arland, Wen Yiduo, Hart Crane, Gerald Moore, Piero Dusio, and Eva Le Gallienne. After him are Roger Vitrac, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Miyamoto Yuriko, Max Petitpierre, Juan Arremón, and Mikhail Zharov. Among people deceased in 1991, Robin Hill ranks 164. Before him are Július Torma, Tadashi Imai, Mokhtar Dahari, Viviane Romance, George Abecassis, and Wolfgang Hildesheimer. After him are Keye Luke, Gaston Waringhien, Dilara Aliyeva, Alberto Crespo, Pierre Brunet, and James Franciscus.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 3,193 out of 7,765. Before him are Swithun (800), Stephen Baxter (1957), George Abecassis (1913), James Nesbitt (1965), Sienna Guillory (1975), and Martin Parr (1952). After him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Charles Lee (1731), Robert W. Paul (1869), Adrian Boult (1889), Bob Anderson (1922), and Clint Mansell (1963).

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Among CHEMISTS In United Kingdom

Among chemists born in United Kingdom, Robin Hill ranks 62. Before him are John Walker (1781), Morris Travers (1872), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Arthur Aikin (1773), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), and Frederick Abel (1827). After him are William Hallowes Miller (1801), Christopher Kelk Ingold (1893), John Mayow (1640), Neil Bartlett (1932), David MacMillan (1968), and Charles Blagden (1748).

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