Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Hill, Thomas (1808-1865)

by Henry Manners Chichester

HILL, THOMAS (1808–1865), topographer, born in 1808, entered in 1828 Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1830, and M.A. in 1832. He took holy orders in 1833, was assistant classical master at Mercers' School from 1832 to 1850, and was presented to the living of Holy Trinity, Queenhithe, London, in 1850. He was author of ‘The Harmony of the Greek and Latin Languages,’ London, 12mo, 1841, and ‘History of the Nunnery of St. Clare and the parish of Holy Trinity,’ London, 8vo, 1851. Hill died at 30 Little Trinity Lane, 13 Feb. 1865, aged 57.

[Crockford's Clerical Directory; Brit. Mus. Cat.; Gent. Mag. 1865, pt. i. p. 385.]

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