John Hunt

John Hunt (1775 – 7 September 1848) was an American-born English printer, publisher, and occasional political writer. He co-founded The Examiner with his brother Leigh Hunt.

Early life, family and education Hunt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fourth of eight children (five of whom survived to adulthood) born to Isaac Hunt and Mary Hunt. This was followed by The Reflector, the Yellow Dwarf, The Liberal, and, the most famous and influential, The Examiner, edited by his brother Leigh Hunt.

He was also known for publishing radical or controversial works no one else would touch. Among the miscellany, including one book by Jeremy Bentham, there were others more obviously incendiary or scandalous, such as some of Byron's later works, including The Vision of Judgment, Hazlitt's Liber Amoris, and writings of both Percy and Mary Shelley. He published Shelley's Posthumous Poems in 1824.

Personal life and demise Hunt and his wife Sarah Hoole "Sally" (née Hammond), the brothers were not on speaking terms because of, as they later agreed, a misunderstanding over financial matters.

John Hunt spent his last decades retired to Upper Cheddon near Taunton, Somerset. After many years in poor health, he died in Brompton, Middlesex, on 7 September 1848.