Lewis Webb Hill

Born in 1889, Lewis Webb Hill was an American physician best known for his work in pediatrics. Records from medical-library catalogs and early publications link him to Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital, where he taught and practiced while building a career around the care of infants and children.

Hill wrote and edited medical works across several decades. His publications include early lectures in pediatrics and later editorial work on pediatric allergy, showing a steady interest in practical child health topics and in bringing current medical knowledge together for other clinicians.

Although he is not widely remembered outside medical history, his books reflect an era when pediatrics was becoming a more distinct and organized specialty in the United States. He died in 1968.