Frank Pierce Hill was born in Concord, New Hampshire on August 22, 1855.

[2] Hill was the first director of the Newark Public Library from 1889 to 1901, when he left Newark to serve as Chief Librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library.

[3] In 1940, he was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership.

[4] He died at his home in Hartford, Connecticut on August 25, 1941.

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