AustLit Agent: Hill, Samuel Prout

Hill, Samuel Prout (10 works by all writing names , 1 work published or printed by)

(a.k.a. Hill, S. P.; S. Prout Hill; S. P. H.)

Also writes as: X. Y. Z. (fl. 1842)

Born: 1821 Devonport, Devon (County), England

Died: 23 Oct 1861 Hobart, Tasmania

Gender: Male

Heritage: English

Arrived in Australia: ca.1841

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Samuel Prout Hill was a painter, lecturer, poet and public servant and a cousin of the artist John Skinner Prout. When he arrived in Australia, he was first employed as an accountant, but he spent his leisure time at the Mechanics' School of Arts in New South Wales as a lecturer, secretary and librarian, and started writing and painting. During this time, Hill made 'more of a reputation as a man of letters than of business' (Oxford Companion to Australian Literature), publishing numerous poems i....

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Last amended: 21 Oct 2010