Robin Hill (biochemist)

Robert Hill
FRS
Robert Hill FRS
Born
Robert Hill

(1899-04-02)2 April 1899
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Died15 March 1991(1991-03-15) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known for
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Notable studentsFrederick Whatley
David Alan Walker (postdoc)

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. He also made significant contributions to the development of the Z-scheme of oxygenic photosynthesis.