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Author
William Hunt
English cleric and historian
- Born
- March 3, 1842
- Died
- June 14, 1931, London
- Nationality
- United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- Church historian, medievalist, historian, musician and violinist
Life and work
William Hunt (1842–1931) was an English clergyman and historian.
Life
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford. He was vicar of Congresbury, Somerset from 1867 to 1882, and then went to London as a reviewer and contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography. He was President of the Royal Historical Society from 1905 to 1909. Hunt wrote over 200 of the Anglo-Saxon entries in the Dictionary of National Biography, including for Wulfstan the Cantor.
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Collection
Books by William Hunt
1 book
