William Hunt (1842–1931) was an English clergyman and historian.

Life

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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

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He wrote:

References

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  1. ^ Forbes, Helen Foxhall; Ammon, Matthias; Boyle, Elizabeth; Doyle, Conan T.; Evan, Peter D.; Fera, Rosa Maria; Gazzoli, Paul; Imhoff, Helen; Matheson, Anna; Rixon, Sophie; Roach, Levi (2008). "Anglo-Saxon and related entries in the "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" (2004)". Anglo-Saxon England. 37: 183–232. doi:10.1017/S0263675109990202. ISSN 0263-6751. JSTOR 44510977.

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