JOHN Hill. 



1710- 1775 



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Nr..>'.Nc- d '.'-ei HMirn.ilisiu att-uk on the Royal Society 



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Hints Mimosa and Abrus views on Pollen Hill's . J :Vr$/ his 

 ad'.' -MI ot' 1 with qu.UmV.uious Hill's . _...:... X :. ": 



. ambitious work-- rin.mcul '.o>ses estimate ot Hill's 



I v has roccntlv been remarked that the number ot" the 



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hies ot" eminent men is invetsely proportional to the 

 kno\\ n tacts concern-. :\c :hem. Although this generalisation is 

 probably incorrect, it is, to a certain extent, true ot" John Hill; 

 tor, although he finds a place in biographical dictionaries. 

 .rentlv no extender .-.c count ot" his lite has appeared. This 

 is a little surprising since, apart from his scientific work, he 

 occupied a prominent position in the middle ot" the eighteenth 

 century 



John Hill was the second son ot" the Rev. Theophilous Hill, 



and was born either at Spalding or at Peterborough in the year 



i -10 or I/I/, Nothing .-.: s to be known regarding his 



early education . according :o Hawkins- he did not receive an 



.'. ediic.-.: Ml, but there is no doubt that, as was usual 



(bl those who desired to practise medicine at that and at much 



-r times, he served his apprenticeship to an apothecary, it is 



sak .: \R .-^minster . also hfi attended the lectures on Ho:any 



g-.ven under the - ces : : e A :hecaries' Company at the 



Chelsea rhysic Garden. He first practised in St Martin's I... 



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