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William Hunt
1842–1931
Best known as a clergyman turned historian, this Victorian writer devoted much of his career to English church history and biography. His books and editorial work helped shape how later readers approached the medieval church and eighteenth-century Britain.
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About the author
Born in 1842, he was an English clergyman, historian, and biographer. After studying at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford, he served as vicar of Congresbury in Somerset before moving into literary and historical work in London.
He became a contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography and wrote a number of historical works, including The English Church in the Middle Ages, The English Church, 597–1066, and Bristol. He was also associated with the Political History of England series and was recognized by the Royal Historical Society, serving as its president in the early twentieth century.
William Hunt died in 1931. He is remembered for combining church scholarship with readable historical writing, especially on English religious history and biography.