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Also Known As Archibald Vivian Hill
Born September 26, 1886 • Bristol • England
Died June 3, 1977 (aged 90) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Copley Medal (1948) • Nobel Prize (1922)
Subjects Of Study muscle

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