Hill stethoscope

William Henry Hill was born on September 11, 1862 in Ormskirk, Lanchishire, England. He entered the University of Edinburgh Medical School in 1880 at the age of 18, and graduated in 1886 with a degree in medicine (Bachelor in Medicine [MB]) and surgery (Master in Surgery [CM]). During medical school he completed his medical and surgical clinical clerkships at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The University of Edinburgh required that a candidate for Degrees in Medicine and Surgery must have attended for at least 3 years the medical and surgical practice at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (or a university recognized general hospital elsewhere). After graduation, Dr. Hill practiced in Silloth, Cumberland, England in 1887 and then in Churchfields, Old Basford, Nottingham, England from 1888-1915, as recorded in the annual London and Provincial Medical Directories. He married Fanny Cox in 1892, and they had three sons, one of whom a became a doctor (Charles Ernest Hill) also educated at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Infirmary of Edingburgh. Dr. Hill practiced medicne and surgery for 29 years, and died on March 17, 1915 during the "Great War."