Harry Hill
Athlete
1827 – 1896
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Who was Harry Hill?
Harry Hill was an English-born American businessman, sportsman and saloonkeeper whose establishments were regular meeting places for sportsmen, gamblers and politicians as well as members of the criminal underworld of New York City during the late 19th century. The most famous of these was his Bowery gambling resort located on West Houston Street east of Broadway and was long considered "one of the sights of the metropolis" from the 1850s until its close in 1886.
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- Born
- 1827
Epsom - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Aug 27, 1896
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on July 23, 2013
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