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[[occupation::Physician]], of [[location::Canterbury]].   
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Son of [[family::Richard Hunt]], of [[location::Stratford upon Avon]]. BA [[education::Trinity College, Oxford]] 1673, MA 1676, MD [[education::Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] 1694. Admitted as a [[occupation::licenciate]] of the [[organisations::Royal College of Physicians]] 1694. Practised as a [[occupation::physician]] in [[location::Canterbury]].   
  
 
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Gave or [[bequest::bequeathed]] his library to [[beneficiary::Canterbury Cathedral]] in [[date of Bequest::1714]], “in wch were a great many curiositys purposely purchased … a little before his death”.
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Hunt gave or [[bequest::bequeathed]] his library to [[beneficiary::Canterbury Cathedral]] in [[date of Bequest::1714]], “in wch were a great many curiositys purposely purchased … a little before his death”. The Cathedral donors' book notes that these included many [[subject::philology|philological]], [[subject::philosophy|philosophical]] and [[subject::medicine|medical]] books, including some in [[language::French]].
  
 
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Stephen HUNT 1657/8-1714?

Biographical Note

Son of Richard Hunt, of Stratford upon Avon. BA Trinity College, Oxford 1673, MA 1676, MD Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1694. Admitted as a licenciate of the Royal College of Physicians 1694. Practised as a physician in Canterbury.

Books

Hunt gave or bequeathed his library to Canterbury Cathedral in 1714, “in wch were a great many curiositys purposely purchased … a little before his death”. The Cathedral donors' book notes that these included many philological, philosophical and medical books, including some in French.

Sources

  • Canterbury Cathedral Library.
  • Munk, W. The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 2nd edn. London, 1878, I, 503-4.
  • Venn, J. & J. A. Alumni Cantabrigienses. Cambridge, 1922.