Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Hunt, Thomas (1611-1683)

by William Arthur Jobson Archbold

HUNT, THOMAS (1611–1683), schoolmaster, son of Henry Hunt, was born in Worcester in 1611. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1628, and proceeded M.A. in 1636. He kept a private school for sometime in Salisbury, afterwards became master of the church school at St. Dunstan's-in-the East, London, and at a later date was master of the free school of St. Saviour's, Southwark. He died on 23 Jan. 1682-3, and was buried in St. Saviour's Church. He wrote:

1. 'Libellus Orthographicus; or the diligent Schoolboy's Directory,' London, 1661; often reprinted.
2. 'Abecedarium Scholasticum; or the Grammar-Scholar's Abecedary.'

[Wood's Athenæ Oxon. iv. 81; Chambers's Worcestershire Biog. p. 587.]

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