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LEFT HILL 17 HILLQUIT Blackfriars Road, London, where he preached with grreat success for about 50 years, making summer excursions to the provinces, where his preaching at- tracted immense crowds. His best known work is "Village Dialogues." Died in London, Er>gland, April 11, 1833. HILL, SIR ROWLAND, the author of the penny-postage system; born in Kidderminster, England, Dec. 3, 1795. After agitating, for several years, his scheme regarding a reform of the old postal and franking systems, he, in 1842, succeeded in getting it carried into effect. It at once produced great results, and in 1846 the British public presented him with a testimonial valued at $67,000. In 1854 he was made chief secretary of the English Postoffice, and held that posi- tion till 1864. In the same year he was voted a sum of $100,000 by Parliament, the Albert gold medal. Society of Arts, and the degree of D. C. L. He was the originator of the money-order system and of postoffice savings-banks. He was knighted in 1860. He died in Hamp- stead, near London, Aug. 27, 1879. HILLAH, or HILLA, a town of Tur- key in Asia; on the Euphrates river, 60 miles S. of Bagdad, near the^ ruins of Babylon, out of which it is built. Tan- ning and the manufacture of silk, cotton, and woolens are carried on. HILLARD, GEORGE STILLMAN, an American lawyer; born in Machias, Me., Sept. 22, 1808. As a Massachusetts legislator he was commended by Daniel Webster, and he was conspicuous as an orator. He published "Six Months in Italy" (1853); "Life of George Ticknor" (with Mrs. Ticknor) ; "Life of George B. McClellan" (1864); also a series of school readers, and an addition of Spen- ser. He died in Boston, Mass., Jan. 21, 1879. HILLEBRAND, WILLIAM FRAN- CIS, an American chemist, born in Hono- lulu, in 1853. He studied at Cornell University, graduated from the Univer- sity of Heidelberg in 1875, and after- ward studied at other German universi- ties. From 1880 to 1908 he was chemist of the United States Geological Survey. In the latter year he was appointed chief chemist of the Bureau of Standards. He was professor of general chemistry and physics at the National College of Pharmacy, from 1892 to 1910; president of the American Chemical Society in 1906; and in 1908 he became editor of the "Journal of Industrial and Engin- eering Chemistry." He was the author of several books on chemical subjects. HILLEL THE ELDER, surnamed , Hassaken, a Jewish rabbi; born in ^ Babylonia. He lived in the century pre- ceding the Christian era. At the age of 40 he removed to Jerusalem, where he studied the law with such diligence as to become master of the chief school of that city. He formed a new digest of the traditionary law, from which the "Mishna," or earliest part of the Tal- mud, is derived. He lived to the great age of 120 years. HILLEL THE YOUNGER, called Nasi, or prince of the captivity, pre- sided over the Jewish Church in the 3d and 4th centuries, and distinguished him- self by his great astronomical learning, reforming the Jewish calendar, regulat- ing the period of the equinoxes, etc. Hillel was also one of the doctors to whom is ascribed that portion of the Talmud called "Gemara." HILLES, CHARLES DEWEY, an American politician, born in Belmont co., 0., in 1867. He had a high school and academic education and from 1880 to 1902 was financial officer and superin- tendent of the Boys' Industrial School of Ohio. From the latter year until 1909 he was superintendent of the New York Juvenile Asylum, becoming presi- dent of this institution. He was Assist- ant Secretary of the United States Treasury in 1909, but resigned in 1911 to become secretary to President Taft. In 1912 he was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. He was a member of the Republican Na- tional Committee from New York in the campaign of 1920. HILLIS, NEWELL DWIGHT, an American clergyman and writer, born in Magnolia, la., in 1858. He gradu- ated from Lake Forest University in 1884 and from the McCormick Theologi- cal Seminary in 1887. In the same year he was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry, serving as pastor in Peoria, Evanston, and Chicago. He was chosen pastor of the Plymouth Congregational Church in Brooklyn in 1899 and became widely known as a preacher and writer. His published writings include: "Success through Self-Help" (1903) ; "The For- tune of the Republic" (1906) ; "Battle of Principles" (1912); "Studies of the Great War" (1915) ; "Lectures and Ora- tions of Henry Ward Beecher" (1913). HILL OF TARIK (ta'rik), the rock of Gibraltar, named after the Berber leader, Tarik, who conquered the fort in 711. HILLQTJIT, MORRIS, an American Socialist. He was born in 1869 at Riga,