John Hunter (classicist)

John Hunter FRSE (7 September 1746 – 18 January 1837) was a Scottish classicist and horticulturalist.

[1] Hunter was born in Closeburn, Dumfries and Galloway on 7 September 1746.

[1] His first role was as private secretary to Lord Monboddo.

[1] The University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD) in later life.

[1] He married twice, firstly around 1770 to Elizabeth Miln and together they had a son, James Hunter (1772-1845)[2] who was Professor of Logic and Rhetoric at St Andrews University.