Background
Hill, Frank Pierce was born on August 22, 1855 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Cyrus and Nancy (Walker) Hill.
Hill, Frank Pierce was born on August 22, 1855 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Cyrus and Nancy (Walker) Hill.
Bachelor of Science, Dartmouth, 1876, Doctor of Letters, 1906.
Doctor of Letters. 1906. Li- | brarian, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1881-1885. Started first free public library in New Jersey (under act of 1884) at Paterson, 1885.
Later inaugurated Salem Public Library, Massachusetts, 1889-1901, Brooklyn Public Library, 1901-1930, Librarian Consultant, Brooklyn Public Library, since 1930. A.L.A. War finance Committee, 1917, which raised over §1,700.000 to erect library bldgs, at Army Camps and to provide reading matter to Soldiers and Sailors. Chairman, A.L.A. Committee on Enlarged Program, 1919.
Member: American Library Association (Secretary, 1891-1895, President, 1906). Reserve; 846 Prospect Place.
Married Annie M. Wood, of Lowell, Massachusetts, May 17, 1880.