Victor E. Hall
Victor Ernest Hall (February 11, 1901–July 23, 1981) was a Canadian scientist who researched physiology. His teaching and research career was spent at Stanford University and University of California, Los Angeles. He was executive editor of the ''Handbook of Physiology'' and long-time editor-in-chief, editor of the peer-reviewed journal the ''Annual Review of Physiology''. Early life and education Victor E. Hall was born on February 11, 1901, in Victoria, British Columbia to parents Ernest Amos Hall, a physician, and Mary Louisa Hall . He was afflicted by polio as a child; he relied on crutches to stand and walk. He attended the Victoria Normal School for one year and briefly attended University of California, Berkeley before transferring to Stanford University. He graduated from Stanford with his undergraduate degree in 1922, his master's degree in physiology in 1925, and his Doctor of Medicine in 1928. Career After graduating with his Doctor of Medicine, Hall remained at S ...
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. The city of Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with . Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia ...
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