| Thomas E. Hill | |
| Birth Name: | Thomas Edie Hill |
| Birth Date: | 1832 |
| Known For: | Author of books on the American social fabric |
| Notable Works: | Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms |
Thomas Edie Hill (1832-1915) was an American writer who produced a number of reference books for the average person, which contained various facts and figures grouped around a common theme. Born in rural Bennington, Vermont,[1] Hill became a teacher and offered classes in penmanship and business forms.[2] Hill was the village president of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, which took its name from Lake Glen Ellyn in 1889, named after his second wife, Ellen Whitcomb.[3]
His book Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms is a seminal example of his work, having been printed repeatedly through multiple versions between 1880 and 1906, and contained such topics as penmanship and forms of written correspondence.
| 1882 – Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to evolution, astronomy, phrenology, household decoration and landscape gardening , 327 p ., Chicago, IL, [4] | |
| 1878 – Hill's Manual of social and business forms : a guide to correct writing , 401 p., Chicago, IL, [5] | |
| 1884 – Right and wrong, contrasted , 68 p., Chicago, IL, [6] | |
| 1885 – The National Builder (contributor) Chicago, IL, [7] | |
| 1892 – Hill's souvenir guide to Chicago and the World's fair , 232 p., Chicago, IL, [8] | |
| 1894 – Hill's political history of the United States , 127 p., Chicago, IL, [9] | |
| 1894 – Money found: recovered from its hiding-places, and put into circulation through confidence in government banks , 121 p., Chicago, IL, [10] | |
| 1901 – The school library encyclopedia, embracing history, geography, discovery, invention, biography, arts, sciences, and literature; (Vol. 1, A-CAUDINE FORKS) , 652 p., Chicago, IL, [11] | |
| 1901 – The school library encyclopedia, embracing history, geography, discovery, invention, biography, arts, sciences, and literature; (Vol. 2, CAULIFLOWER-INCARNATION) , 680 p., Chicago, IL, [12] | |
| 1901 – The school library encyclopedia, embracing history, geography, discovery, invention, biography, arts, sciences, and literature; (Vol. 3, INCENSE-PYTHON) , 652 p., Chicago, IL, [13] | |
| 1901 – The school library encyclopedia, embracing history, geography, discovery, invention, biography, arts, sciences, and literature; (Vol. 4. Q-ZYMOTIC DISEASES) , 664 p., Chicago, IL, [14] | |
| 1905 – Hill's practical reference library of general knowledge Chicago, IL, [15] | |
| 1911 – Hill's manual of business and social information , 504 p., Chicago, IL, [16] | |
| 1912 – Hill's reference guide for land seekers, travelers, schools, tourists, emigrants and general readers, including description and outline maps, with new method of quick-finding location, in each state of any city or village of 200 population and more ... with location and 1910 population of 23,664 cities and villages of the United States, maps of states prepared, counties numbered and all states described , 235 p., Chicago, IL, [17] | |
| 1915 – Making money from the soil, the open door to independence, what to do – how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, the provinces of Canada, counties and districts, cities, towns and villages, with population, climate, soil, agricultural productions and possibilities , 286 p., Toronto, ON [18] | |
| 1915 – The open door to independence; making money from the soil; what to do – how to do, on city lots, suburban grounds, country farms, together with outline maps of all parts of the United States, irrigated regions, climates, cities, villages, market towns, locations and populations , 448 p., Chicago, IL, [19] |