William Wilson Hunter

Sir
William Wilson Hunter
Born(1840-07-15)15 July 1840
Died6 February 1900(1900-02-06) (aged 59)
Oaken Holt, England, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Scientific career
FieldsHistory, statistics
InstitutionsIndian Civil Service
University of Calcutta

Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900)[1] was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.

He is most known for The Imperial Gazetteer of India on which he started working in 1869, and which was eventually published in nine volumes in 1881, then fourteen, and later as a twenty-six volume set after his death.

  1. ^ "Obituary: Sir William Wilson Hunter, K. C. S. I., C. I. E.". The Geographical Journal. 15 (3): 289–290. March 1900. JSTOR 1774698.

William Wilson Hunter

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