Life History
1662 |
Born.1 The Hunters were descended from an old Ayrshire family |
1714 |
Birth of son James HUNTER.3 |
23rd May 1718 |
Birth of son William HUNTER in East Kilbride, Long Calderwood.2,4 |
1720 |
Birth of daughter Dorothea HUNTER in Scotland, Lanarkshire.5,6,7 |
13th Feb 1728 |
Birth of son John HUNTER in East Kilbride, Long Calderwood.1,4 |
1741 |
Other facts
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Married Agnes PAUL |
Notes
- Portrait of John Hunter
Portrait of John Hunter by James Hunter,
Unsigned
Royal College of Surgeons
Inscription - "JOHN HUNTER (Senior). / B.1660. D.1738. / presented by WILLIAM HUNTER BAILLIE. / 1895"
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Sources
- 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - John Hunter - Jacob W. Gruber, "Hunter, John (1728-1793)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, May 2010.
- 2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Hunter
- 3. Portrait of JOHN HUNTER by James Hunter, unsigned
- 4. GRIGSON, Caroline (2009) : "The life and poems of Anne Hunter: Haydn's tuneful voice"
- Liverpool University Press, 2009
- 5. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Joanna Baillie - Norma Clarke, "Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn, Jan 2006
- 6. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Matthew Baillie - John Jones, "Baillie, Matthew (1761-1823)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004. Online edn Jan 2008
- 7. Baillie Memorial in St John at Hampstead
- Photo taken by Julian. Towsey on 3rd May 2013