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.