Edwin Hill

(1793-1876)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hill, Edwin, 1793-1876 NRA: Hill, Edwin (1793-1876) Inventor and Author DNB: Hill, Edwin (1793–1876), civil servant and inventor of postal machinery LBT ID: EdHill1876 VIAF ID: 73715914 LOC ID: nr92008830	B/BAP: 1793-11-25 DIED: 1876-11-06
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Thomas Wright Hill and brother of Sir Rowland Hill, he was a manager in the family schools who pursued a career as an inventor.
REFERENCES TO Edwin Hill: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter V Found 1: ¶ 6