Thomas Hill (clergyman)
Thomas Hill | |
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20th President of Harvard University | |
In office 1862–1868 | |
Preceded by | Cornelius Conway Felton |
Succeeded by | Charles William Eliot |
2nd President of Antioch College | |
In office 1860–1862 | |
Preceded by | Horace Mann |
Succeeded by | Austin Craig |
Personal details | |
Born | New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. | January 7, 1818
Died | November 21, 1891 Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 73)
Relatives | Henry Barker Hill (son) |
Profession | Clergyman and educator |
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Thomas Hill (January 7, 1818[2] – November 21, 1891[3]) was an American Unitarian clergyman, mathematician, scientist, philosopher, and educator.
Biography
Taught to read at an early age, Hill read voraciously and was well regarded for his capacious and accurate memory. His father taught him botany, and he took a delight in nature and devised scientific instruments, one that calculated eclipses and was subsequently awarded the Scott Medal by the Franklin Institute.
Though not formally educated in his youth, Hill briefly attended the Lower Dublin Academy in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania and the Leicester Academy in Massachusetts, now the Leicester campus of Becker College, leaving in 1837.
He earned his A.B. and D.Div. from
In 1863, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.[5] Hill claimed to have injured his testicle while gardening, an incident that made him wary of laboratory instruction at Harvard, warning students not to exert themselves too much in their studies.[6]
Hill's home in Waltham, Massachusetts, where he began his career, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
References
- ISBN 0-9769158-0-4
- ^ Hill, Thomas. "Papers of Thomas Hill: an inventory". oasis.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^ "Harvard University". The New York Times. November 29, 1891. p. 11. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hassler Expedition". National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ^ A. J. Angulo (2009). William Barton Rogers and the Idea of MIT. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins. p. 115.
External links
- Biography, part of a series of Harvard's Unitarian Presidents
- Book: The True Order of Studies
- John Scott Medal, Franklin Institute
- Mechanical Calculators of the 19th Century
- Hill Arithmometer
- U.S. Patent 18692 T. Hill Arithmometer