George William Hill

George William Hill was a Canadian sculptor (1862–1934). He was born at Danville and died at Montreal.

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Recognition and collections

George William Hill received Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Work by George William Hill is held by National Gallery of Canada and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

Identity

What the record establishes about George William Hill.

George William Hill is recorded with the citizenship of Canada. VIAF establishes this heading under the identifier 69692044. Open Library catalogues 24 works under this name. George William Hill is recorded as sculptor.

Works and catalogued output

What George William Hill produced.

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846 is dated 1846 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1963.598). Hill, George William (1858-1928) is dated 1915 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 4 works under this heading. Biographical memoir of Asaph Hall, 1829-1907 is dated 1908. Wellcome Collection catalogues 7 works under this heading.

Open Library catalogues 24 works under this heading. Sherbrooke War Memorial is dated 1926.

Context

The circumstances in which George William Hill stands.

History of the hospital and school in Glasgow : founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill, A.D. 1639-41, with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs / by William H. Hill. is dated [1881] and held by Wellcome Collection. The effigies of William , Earl of Kilmarnock, and Arthur, Lord Balmerino, who were beheaded on Tower-Hill, August 18, 1746, for High-Treason, in levying War against his Majesty King George the Second. is dated 1746 and held by Wellcome Collection. Ode to Lansdown-Hill , with notes, mostly relative to the Granville family; to which are added, two letters of advice from George Lord Lansdown, anno MDCCXI, to William Henry Earl of Bath. is dated 1785 and held by Wellcome Collection. Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place is dated 1990 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1997.144). Specification of George Hill and David Hill : trusses. is dated 1866 and held by Wellcome Collection. Specification of Arthur Hill : shower baths. is dated 1856 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Specification of Joseph Hill : chimney top. is dated 1854 and held by Wellcome Collection. A Youth is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.4310). Statue of George Brown is dated 1884. Boer War Memorial is dated 1922. Tables of Venus is dated 1872. Lion of Belfort is dated 1897.

Reception

George William Hill is recorded as having received Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Open Library catalogues 26 works under this name.

Holdings and surviving copies

Hill, George William - History Of Ashland County, Ohio 1809-1880 (Williams Bros., 1880) (1880) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 285 objects associated with this heading.

Authority records

The identifiers under which George William Hill may be traced in institutional catalogues.

George William Hill is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q3102011.

Catalogued works

31 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1866 to 1926.

Sherbrooke War Memorial, dated 1926. Boer War Memorial, dated 1922. Lion of Belfort, dated 1897. Statue of George Brown, dated 1884. Application of Tchébychef's principle in the projection of maps. Memoir of James Edward Oliver. On Gauss's method of computing secular perturbations, with an application to the action of Venus on Mercury. Tables of Saturn. Reference table. The radiant universe. The Collected Mathematical Works of George William Hill. [Star tables]. Researches in the lunar theory. [Provisional tables of Saturn]. Secular perturbations of the planets. On certain possible abbreviations in the computations of the long-period inequalities of the moon's motion due to the direct action of the planets. Papers relating to the transit of Venus in 1874. Biographical memoir of Asaph Hall, 1829-1907, dated 1908. Tables of Venus, dated 1872. On the part of the motion of the lunar perigee which is a function of the mean motions of the sun and moon. The secular perturbations of two planets moving in the same plane. Collected mathematical works. On certain lunar inequalities due to the action of Jupiter and discovered by Mr. E. Neison. Tables of Saturn, constructed in accordance with the methods of Hansen. Determination of the inequalities of the moon's motion which are produced by the figure of the earth. A new theory of Jupiter and Saturn. Tables of Jupiter. A Youth, dated n.d., red chalk on brown wove tracing paper (discolored from cream), laid down on rust laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1922.4310. Hill, George William (1858-1928), dated 1915, held by Wellcome Collection. Specification of George Hill and David Hill : trusses., dated 1866, held by Wellcome Collection. History of the hospital and school in Glasgow : founded by George and Thomas Hutcheson of Lambhill, A.D. 1639-41, with notices of the founders and of their family, properties and affairs / by William H. Hill., dated [1881], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 285 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Hill, George William, SpringerReference. Hill, George William (1838-1914), mathematical astronomer, American National Biography Online, 2000. George William Hill, The Astronomical Journal, 1914.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (69692044). Those registers additionally record the forms George William Hill, 1838-1914 and George William Hill, 1838-.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are public.

Membership is recorded of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Works named in the authority record are Sherbrooke War Memorial.

Work by George William Hill is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.

Distinctions recorded are Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Chronology

  1. 1862George William Hill born at Danville.
  2. 1862George William Hill was born in 1862 at Danville.
  3. 1866Specification of George Hill and David Hill : trusses. is dated 1866 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1872Tables of Venus is dated 1872.
  5. 1880Hill, George William - History Of Ashland County, Ohio 1809-1880 (Williams Bros., 1880) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1884Statue of George Brown is dated 1884.
  7. 1884Statue of George Brown.
  8. 1897Lion of Belfort is dated 1897.
  9. 1897Lion of Belfort.
  10. 1922A Youth is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1922.4310).
  11. 1922Boer War Memorial is dated 1922.
  12. 1922Boer War Memorial.
  13. 1926Sherbrooke War Memorial is dated 1926.
  14. 1926Sherbrooke War Memorial.
  15. 1934George William Hill died at Montreal.
  16. 1934George William Hill died in 1934 at Montreal.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    George William Hill, The Astronomical Journal, 1914

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Hill, George William (1838-1914), mathematical astronomer, American National Biography Online, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Hill, George William (1838?1914), The Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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    Hill, George William, SpringerReference

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  5. 5.

    Hill, Prof. William George, (born 7 Aug. 1940), Professor of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, 1983–2002, now Emeritus, Who's Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for George William Hill (Internet Archive), 26 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    General reference literature, article “George William Hill”, read in full

    reference work · Reputable secondary

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 5 digitised items catalogued under George William Hill as creator.

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with George William Hill.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    VIAF cluster 69692044 for George William Hill, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  11. 11.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 285 works naming George William Hill.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  12. 12.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3102011: George William Hill

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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