John Hill was born in Dublin 1943. He received his primary and secondary education in Ireland. He received his degrees in philosophy at the University of Dublin and the Catholic University of America. He trained at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zürich and has practiced as a Jungian analyst since 1973. He became a training analyst of the C.G. Jung Institute in 1981 and was a member of the selection committee for twenty years. Together with many colleagues, he participated in the founding of a new training institute under the jurisdiction of AGAP in 2004. He is currently a training analyst of ISAP Zurich.