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George Anthony Hill
American teacher and textbook author (1842–1916) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Anthony Hill (August 25, 1842 – August 17, 1916) was an American professor at Harvard and author of textbooks, primarily about physics and mathematics.
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Hill was born in 1842 in Sherborn, Massachusetts.[1] He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1865, and a master's degree there in 1870.[2][3] His education included time spent at the University of Glasgow studying under Lord Kelvin.[4]
Hill was appointed an assistant professor of physics at Harvard, effective September 1, 1871,[5] a role he held until 1876.[1] He then spent two years studying in Germany.[4][6] Upon his return, he focused on writing textbooks while also acting as a private tutor at Harvard.[4] In 1898, he became director of a tutoring school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he worked for 16 years until his retirement in 1914.[1][4]
Hill wrote various textbooks, primarily on physics and mathematics.[4] At the time of his death, The Boston Post noted that some of Hill's textbooks were "standard works, particularly his first book, Geometry for Beginners, written in 1880."[4] Hill co-wrote some textbooks with George A. Wentworth (1835–1906), a teacher of mathematics at Phillips Exeter Academy.[7][1]
Hill died in August 1916 in a hospital in Cambridge.[1] His estate was valued at $28,000 ($809,089 in 2024).[8] Hill was buried in his hometown of Sherborn.[9]
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Hill's textbooks include:[4]
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