Thomas Edie Hill was an American author who produced a number of reference books for the average person, which contained various facts and figures grouped around a common theme. Born in rural Bennington, Vermont, Hill became a teacher and offered classes in penmanship and business forms. Hill was the village president of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, which took its name from Lake Glen Ellyn in 1889, named after his second wife, Ellen Whitcomb.
His book Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms is a seminal example of his work, having been printed repeatedly through multiple versions between 1880 and 1906, and contained such topics as penmanship and forms of written correspondence.