English author and botanist
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John Hill
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Works
[edit]As author
[edit]- Lucine sine Concubitu (1750), a letter addressed to the Royal Society
- A Dissertation on Royal Societies (1750)
- Review of the Works of the Royal Society of London (1751)
- The Oeconomy of Human Life (1751)
- "The Inspector" (1751–1753), a daily column in the London Advertiser and Literary Gazette
- The Impertinent (1752)
- Letters from the Inspector to a Lady with the Genuine Answers (1752)
- Various articles in the Cyclopaedia and its Supplement (1753)
- The Useful Family Herbal (1755)
- Thoughts Concerning God and Nature (1755)
- The British Herbal (1756–1757)
- Eden, or, A Compleat Body of Gardening... (1757) (external scan)
- Outlines of a System of Vegetable Generation (1758)
- The Virtues of Honey in Preventing Many of the Worst Disorders (1759)
- The Vegetable System (1759–1775)
- Hortus Kewensis (1768; 2nd ed. 1769)
- The Construction of Timber from Its Early Growth (1770)
- Virtues of British Herbs (1771)
- A Decade of Curious Insects (1773)
As editor
[edit]- British Magazine (1746–1750)
As translator
[edit]- Theophrastus's History of Stones (1774) (transcription project)
Misattributed
[edit]- Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery (1747), often misattributed to Hill as it was published anonymously
Works about Hill
[edit]- [Anonymous] (1779), Short Account of the Life, Writings and Character of the late Sir John Hill.
- Smart, Christopher (1753), The Hilliad
- a mock epic poem written as a literary attack on Hill; part of the Paper War
- Henry Woodward (1752), A letter from Henry Woodward
- an attack on Hill; part of the Paper War
- "Hill, John (1716?-1775)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- Hill, Thomas George (1913), "John Hill 1716—1775" in Oliver, Francis Wall (ed.), Makers of British botany:84–107.
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1931, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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