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Patty Hill Biography

Patty Hill aka Patty Smith Hill
Patty Hill
Patty Smith Hill
Born: 1868-03-27
Birthplace: Anchorage, Kentucky
Died: 1946-05-25
Location of Death: New York City
Remains: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville Kentucky

Race: White
Field: Songwriter
Famous for: Happy Birthday to You

Field: Songwriter

Patty Smith Hill (27 March 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky-25 May, 1946 in New York, New York) was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Perhaps most well known as the sister of Mildred J. Hill with whom she is credited as cowriting the tune to the song Good MorningTo All which became popular as Happy Birthday to You, Patty developed the Patty Hill blocks and in 1924 helped create the Institute of Child Welfare Research at Columbia University Teachers College.

Patty Smith Hill is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Louisville, Kentucky. She and Mildred J. Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on 12 June 1996.



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