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John Hunt

1827 – 1907

Scottish clergyman and theologian

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Lived 1827 – 1907 (aged 80). John Hunt was a British historian, translator, writer and catholic theologian.

John Hunt, D.D. (21 January 1827 – 12 April 1907) was a Scottish cleric, theologian and historian. He was known for his liberal views, and his work Religious Thought in England.

Life He was born in the Bridgend parish of Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland, and matriculated at University of St Andrews in 1847. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1855, and priest 1857. the later Pantheism and Christianity, 1884, was a revision; An incomplete edition of the poems of Robert Wild, 1870, with a historical and biographical preface, and a dedication in which Hunt refers to time as a curate in St Ives, Huntingdonshire; Religious Thought in England, 1870–78, 3 vols.; Contemporary Essays in Theology, 1873.

Family Hunt married E. Thorp, She wrote as "Spes" and was the author of Legends of St. Ives (1891). Her novel The Wards of Plotinus appeared in 1880, under the name "Mrs. John Hunt"; and a number of chapters in it were written by Hunt. She died in 1890.

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University of St Andrews
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Hunt, John b. 1827

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Who was John Hunt?

Scottish clergyman and theologian (1827–1907)

When was John Hunt born?

John Hunt was born on 21 January 1827 in Perth.

When did John Hunt die?

John Hunt died on 12 April 1907.

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John Hunt was a historian, translator, writer and catholic theologian.

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John Hunt was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Hunt

· Wikidata: Q1660944

· DBpedia: John Hunt (theologian)

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