Richard William Hunt
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Richard William Hunt , was a scholar, grammarian, palaeographer, editor
, and author
of a number of books about medieval history and the Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library
, Oxford, from 1945 to 1975. He was a lecturer in palaeography in Liverpool, and worked at Bush House
during World War II
. In 1945 he obtained the position of Keeper of the Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, and he relocated to Oxford.
In 1939 he married Edith Irene Joyce Twamley at Spondon. She died 7 December 1940. On 14 February 1940 Hunt remarried to Katharine (Kit) Eva Rowland (b. 1913/14), daughter of timber merchant Harry Rowland of Parkgate, Cheshire. Three sons were born to
them, including Tim Hunt
.
On Hunt's retirement from the Bodleian in 1975, he was honoured with an Oxford exhibition,The Survival of Ancient Literature, as well as a collection of essays Medieval learning and literature: Essays presented to Richard William Hunt (ISBN 0198224028). His death in 1980 was marked by a second major exhibition, Manuscripts at Oxford.
Editor
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, and author
Author
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of a number of books about medieval history and the Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
, Oxford, from 1945 to 1975. He was a lecturer in palaeography in Liverpool, and worked at Bush House
Bush House
Bush House is a building between Aldwych and The Strand in London at the southern end of Kingsway. The BBC World Service occupies the Centre Block, North East and South East wings. The North West wing was formerly occupied by BBC Online until they relocated to BBC Media Village in 2005, with some...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. In 1945 he obtained the position of Keeper of the Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, and he relocated to Oxford.
In 1939 he married Edith Irene Joyce Twamley at Spondon. She died 7 December 1940. On 14 February 1940 Hunt remarried to Katharine (Kit) Eva Rowland (b. 1913/14), daughter of timber merchant Harry Rowland of Parkgate, Cheshire. Three sons were born to
them, including Tim Hunt
Tim Hunt
Sir Richard Timothy "Tim" Hunt, FRS is an English biochemist.Hunt was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Leland H...
.
On Hunt's retirement from the Bodleian in 1975, he was honoured with an Oxford exhibition,The Survival of Ancient Literature, as well as a collection of essays Medieval learning and literature: Essays presented to Richard William Hunt (ISBN 0198224028). His death in 1980 was marked by a second major exhibition, Manuscripts at Oxford.