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Patty Smith Hill ( 27 March, 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky- 25 May, 1946 in New York, New York) was an American nursery school and kindergarten teacher. Perhaps most well known as the sister of Mildred J. Hill with whom she is credited as cowriting the tune to the song 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.Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on 12 June, 1996.
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