author
George Birkbeck Norman Hill
1835–1903
Best known for making Boswell’s Life of Johnson newly accessible to readers, this Victorian scholar combined careful editing with a real affection for literary history. He also wrote on figures such as Samuel Johnson and Sir Rowland Hill, helping preserve parts of Britain’s cultural and intellectual past.
3 Audiobooks
Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland)
by George Birkbeck Norman Hill
The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill
The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Sir Rowland Hill, George Birkbeck Norman Hill
About the author
Born in 1835 at Bruce Castle, Tottenham, George Birkbeck Norman Hill was an English author and editor with strong ties to Oxford. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he formed friendships with Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, and he later became closely associated with the college as an honorary fellow.
Hill is remembered above all for his influential editorial work on James Boswell and Samuel Johnson. His edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson helped establish his reputation, and he also wrote books including Dr. Johnson: His Friends and His Critics and a life of Sir Rowland Hill. His work shows both scholarly care and a lively interest in the literary world of the eighteenth century.
He died in 1903. Although not as widely known today as some of the writers he studied, Hill remains an important figure for readers interested in Johnson, Boswell, and the tradition of literary biography.