Frank Pierce Hill


Frank Pierce Hill was an American librarian. Hill served as president of the American Library Association from 1905 to 1906 and the American Library Institute 1912 to 15. 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. Hill served in that position until his retirement in 1930. In 1940 he was awarded Honorary Membership in the American Library Association.