William Hunt (historian)

William Hunt (* 1842 ; † 1931 ) was an English cleric 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 became a London Corrector and Author of the Dictionary of National Biography . He was President of the Royal Historical Society from 1905 to 1909 .

Fonts

• The Somerset Diocese, Bath and Wells. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge et al., London et al. 1885, ( digitized version ).
• The English Church in the Middle Ages. Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1888, ( digitized ).
• as editor: A History of the English Church. 8 volumes. 1899-1910;
  • as author: Volume 1: The English Church from Its Foundation to the Norman Conquest. (597-1066). Macmillan et al., London et al. 1899, ( digitized version ).
• as editor with Reginald Lane Poole : The Political History of England. 12 volumes. Longmans, Green, and Co., London et al. 1905-1907;
  • as author: Volume 10: The History of England. From the Accession of George III. to the Close of Pitt's First Administration. (1760-1801). 1905, ( digitized version ).
• as editor: The Irish Parliament. 1775. From an official and contemperary manuscript. Longmans, Green, and Co. et al., London et al. 1907, ( digitized ).

literature

• Gilman, DC; Thurston, HT; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Hunt, William". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Hunt, William (1842–1931), historian and biographer by Robert W. Dunning.

Web links

• Publications by William Hunt in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
• English-language Wikisource: Author: William Hunt