Thomas Hill (author)

Thomas Hill (ca. 1528 - ca. 1574)^[1] was an English astrologer, writer and translator^[2] who most probably also wrote as Didymus Mountain.^[3]

Hill described himself as a Londoner, who had received a modest education, although this did include a knowledge of Latin and Italian.^[4]

He was the author of the first popular book in English about gardening — The profitable arte of gardening — which was first published in 1563 under the title A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse, teachynge how to dresse, sowe, and set a garden.^[3][5] He went on to write other popular works, such as The Proffitable Arte of Gardening (1568)^[4] and The Gardener's Labyrinth (1577). The latter work was originally published after Hill's death under the name of Didymus Mountain, now generally attributed to Thomas Hill.^[6] In 1988, the Oxford University Press produced a paperback reprint of this book under the name Thomas Hill.^[7] Hill also published works on arithmetic, astrology, the interpretation of dreams and physiognomy.^[8]

• Goodwin, Gordon (1891). "Hill, Thomas (fl.1590)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
• Lee, Sidney (1894). "Mountain, Didymus" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 39. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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