Person

Hill, James Peter (1873 - 1954)

Born: 21 February 1873
Kennoway, Scotland
Died: 24 May 1954
Finchley, England
Occupation: Embryologist

Summary

James Hill was a demonstrator in biology and lecturer in embryology at the University of Sydney 1892-1906, and sometime Professor of Zoology at University College, London. He specialised in research into monotremes and marsupials.

Details

Chronology

1907: Award - Mueller Medal, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

Related Awards

Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1904 - 2006)
Awarded the Medal by the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1907

Related Corporate Bodies

The University of Sydney (1850 - )
James Hill was a demonstrator in biology and lecturer in embryology at the University of Sydney (1892 - 1906).

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

James Peter Hill - Records, 1896 - 1945, MS 055; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details

Book Sections

Cleland, K. W., 'Hill, James Peter (1873-1954), embryologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), p. 296. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090301b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6141184. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/46913440. Details
'Hill, J P (1873-1954)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562439. Details

Resource Sections

'Hill, Professor James Peter - Ms 55', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms055.html. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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