Maurice Hill (geophysicist)
| Maurice Hill | |
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| Born |
Maurice Neville Hill 29 May 1919 |
| Died | 11 January 1966 (aged 46) |
| Notable awards |
The Chree Medal and Prize (1963) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Maurice Neville Hill FRS[1] (29 May 1919 – 11 January 1966) was a British marine geophysicist.
Background
Hill was the son of Nobel Prize–winning physiologist Archibald Vivian Hill and Margaret Keynes, the daughter of John Neville Keynes and sister of John Maynard Keynes, was his mother. His sister was Polly Hill and his brother the biophysicist David Keynes Hill. In 1944 he married Philippa Pass, daughter of Douglas Pass, they had two sons and three daughters, including Julia Riley.
Awards and honours
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1962.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bullard, E. C. (1967). "Maurice Neville Hill 1919-1966". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 13: 192–126. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1967.0009.
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