Leilão Bidspirit | HILL A. V.: (1886-1977) British

HILL A. V.: (1886-1977) British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biop... - HILL A. V.: (1886-1977) British physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1922. A.L.S., A. V. Hill , two pages, small 4to, Burlington House, London, 10 th October 1943, to [Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Francis] Pridham, on the printed stationery of The Royal Society. Hill thanks his correspondent for their letter and remarks that the passing of a lady at 82 years of age is a great loss, continuing 'I am glad to hear of your party & the 150 guests…..Yes, you are naturally more & more usefully busy now. It was a great handicap living so far away' and also enquiring 'I don't suppose you are any relation of Pridham-Wipple: I have never met him, but he is a sort of distant connection of mine' . VG   Sir Arthur Francis Pridham (1886-1975) British Vice Admiral who served as Vice-President of the Ordnance Board from 1940-42 and as President of the Ordnance Committee 1942-45.