Hill, John (c. 1716–1775)

English quack doctor and writer. He became editor of the British Magazine 1746–50, and contributed to the newspaper London Advertiser and the magazine Literary Gazette. He also published a translation of Theophrastus's History of Stones 1746 and wrote many botanical works, including The Vegetable System 1759–75.

He set up an apothecary's shop in St Martin's Lane, London.