Samuel Charles Hill

Born in Berhampore, Bengal, on July 16, 1857, Samuel Charles Hill was a British historian of India. He was educated in England at Blackheath School, University College School, and University College London, where he earned B.A. and B.Sc. degrees.

Hill worked in the Bengal Educational Service and later became closely involved with government and India Office records. That background shaped his writing: much of his historical work drew directly from manuscripts and official papers, giving his books a documentary, evidence-driven character.

He is known for works including Three Frenchmen in Bengal, Bengal in 1756–1757, Yusuf Khan, and The Life of Claud Martin. He died at Torquay, Devon, on May 6, 1926, leaving behind a body of scholarship valued for preserving and interpreting important sources on eighteenth-century India.