Gaillard Hunt
American writer, civil servant, and historian
About Gaillard Hunt
Lived 1862 – 1924 (aged 61). Gaillard Hunt was an American historian, political science teacher, university teacher and civil servant.
Gaillard Hunt (September 8, 1862 – March 20, 1924) was an American writer and civil servant. He is notable for his authorship of several works on James Madison and early American history.
Early life Hunt was born in New Orleans. He was the seventh child of his parents, William Henry Hunt, an attorney, and his second wife, Elizabeth Augusta Ridgely. Hunt attended the Ancient Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut, and at the Emerson Preparatory School Institute in Washington, D.C.. Hunt along with his family relocated there in 1878. "The Department of State of the United States: Its History and Functions" (1914)
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American writer, civil servant, and historian (1862-1924)
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Gaillard Hunt was born on 8 September 1862 in New Orleans.
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Gaillard Hunt died on 20 March 1924 in Washington, D.C..
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