George Anthony Hill (August 25, 1842 – August 17, 1916) was an American professor at Harvard and author of textbooks, primarily about physics and mathematics.
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] He was survived by a sister, Lizzie J. Daniels, and by his former wife, Annie M. Hill, who had divorced him in 1898.[8][9] There is no indication that the Hills had children. His estate was valued at $28,000 ($784,000 in 2023).[8] Hill was buried in his hometown of Sherborn.[10]
