Adams Sherman Hill

Adams Sherman Hill (30 January 1833 – 25 December 1910) was an American newspaper journalist and rhetorician. As Boylston Professor of Rhetoric at Harvard University from 1876 to 1904, Hill oversaw and implemented curriculum that came to effect first-year composition in classrooms across the United States. His most widely known works include ''The Principles of Rhetoric'', ''Foundations of Rhetoric'', and ''Our English''. Provided by Wikipedia