Ellsworth Jerome Hill (1833 in Le Roy, New York – 1917) was a

Presbyterian minister Presbyterian (or presbyteral) polity is a method of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") typified by the rule of assemblies of presbyters, or elders. Each local church is governed by a body of elected elders usually called the session or ...

and an American botanist. He conducted identifications and classifications of new American

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American botanists People from Le Roy, New York 1833 births 1917 deaths American Presbyterian ministers Scientists from New York (state) {{US-Christian-clergy-stub