William Hunt (priest)

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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.[1]

Works

He wrote:

References

Further reading

  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
    , Hunt, William (1842–1931), historian and biographer by Robert W. Dunning.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
George Walter Prothero
President of the Royal Historical Society
1905–1909
Succeeded by