Background
HILL, John Edward Christopher was born on February 6, 1912 in New York Son of Edward H. and Janet A. Hill.
HILL, John Edward Christopher was born on February 6, 1912 in New York Son of Edward H. and Janet A. Hill.
Bachelor, Oxford University, 1934. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Oxford University, 1965. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Hull, 1966.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University East Anglia, 1968. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Exeter, 1979. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Wales, 1979.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Southampton, 1996. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Leicester, 1996. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Sheffield, 1967.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Bristol, 1976. Doctor, York University, 1978.
Assistant lecturer University College, Cardiff, Wales, 1936. Fellow & tutor in modern history Balliol College, Oxford University, 1938. With private field Security Police, 1940.
Commissioned Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1940. Seconded to Foreign Office, 1940. Lecturer history oxford University, 1959.
Ford's lecturer, 1962. Master Balliol College, 1965—1978. Visiting professor Open University, 1978—1980, Preston Polytechnic, 1982—1984.
Editorial Board Past and Present 1952-1968, Yale Edition of Milton’s Complete Prose. American Academy, of Sciences 1973. (Academy, of Sciences, German Democratic Republic).
Married Inez Waugh, 1944. 1 child; Married Bridget Irene Sutton, 1956. 3 children.