Hill, George Birkbeck Norman (1835–1903)

English literary critic. He was an authority on Samuel Johnson and published a series of scholarly editions of Johnsonian literature, including Boswell's Life of Johnson 1887 and Dr Johnson, His Friends and Critics 1878. His edition of Dr Johnson's Lives of the English Poets was published 1905. He was a nephew of Rowland Hill.

Born in Tottenham, Middlesex, and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford, Hill succeeded his father as headmaster of Bruce Castle School 1868. He was a contributor to the Saturday Review 1869–84, and published his scholarly works after retiring from teaching 1877.