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George Hunt was born in 1854 at Fort Rupert, British Columbia (B.C.), the second of eleven children of Robert Hunt (1828-1893), a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader from Dorset, England, and Mary Ebbetts (Ansnaq, Anislaga, A'naeesla'ga or Anain) (1823-1919), a member of the Raven clan of the Taantakwáan tribe of the Tlingit nation of what is now southeastern Alaska.
Born in Chicago, Hunt's career began in Bennie Moten's band in 1932. After Moten's death in 1935 he joined the Count Basie Orchestra, traveling to perform in New York City with them in 1936. [ 1 ] He left the Basie band the following year, and joined Fletcher Henderson before leaving in 1938.
George Hunt (July 6, 1933 – December 4, 2020) was a Southern American artist, best known for his portraits of Blues musicians and illustrations for Blues Festivals, which ended up in many private collections in addition to galleries, museums, and the walls of Memphis businesses. He was primarily a painter, though he added collage highlights ...
George Hunt (footballer, born 1922) (1922–1987), English footballer for Swindon Town George E. Hunt (1896–1959), medium-pace bowler who made over 200 appearances for Somerset George R. Hunt (1873–1960), right-handed batsman who made one appearance for Somerset
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914) George Hunt (with megaphone), Edward S. Curtis, and actors filming In The Land of the Head Hunters Another production still.. In the Land of the Head Hunters (also called In the Land of the War Canoes) is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia ...
In 1856, George Hunt's cousin Elizabeth married George Selkirk. [2] In 1869, both families traveled together to the unorganized township which was later to be known as Huntsville, Ontario. Captain Hunt was a devout Presbyterian, and was known as a stern teetotaler. Captain Hunt took a prominent role in the first Presbyterian church built in 1873.
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There was a contest at Bodmin in the 1768 general election and Hunt topped the poll, Hunt was returned for Bodmin again in 1774 and 1780. In 1780, the English Chronicle wrote “George Hunt, Esq. is a gentleman of independent fortune, and resides in the neighbourhood of this borough, in which he possesses sufficient influence to command an ...