William Hunt
William Hunt (1842–1931) was an English clergyman and historian.
William Hunt
- Born
- 1842
- Died
- 1931
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- medievalist · historian · musician · violinist · cellist · music educator · anglican priest
- Fields
- political history · history of Christianity · medieval studies · history
- Education
- Harrow School · Trinity College
- Languages
- English
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William Hunt (1842–1931) was an English clergyman and historian.
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Life
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.
Works
Works
He wrote: • The Somerset Diocese, Bath and Wells (1885) • Bristol (1887), part of the 'Historic Towns' series edited by Hunt and Prof. Edward Augustus Freeman. • The English Church in the Middle Ages (1888) • The English Church, 597-1066 (1899), the first volume in a series of which he was editor • the tenth volume of Political History of England (1905–07), of which he was joint editor with R. Lane-Poole • The Irish Parliament (1907), edited from a contemporary manuscript.
Identity
Identity
William Hunt is recorded with the occupation church historian. Recorded as medievalist, historian, musician, violinist and cellist.
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Life and career
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1842
William Hunt born.
1931
William Hunt died.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q249816: William Hunt
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 12415221X, Diederich, William Hunt.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 12415221X, Diederich, William Hunt.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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