Legacy and Honors
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1887)
- Damoiseau Prize from the Institut de France (1898)
- Copley Medal (1909)
- Bruce Medal (1909)
- Hill (crater) on the Moon
- Asteroid 1642 Hill
- Hill Center for the Mathematical Sciences at Rutgers University's Busch Campus
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