Background
Hunter, Dard was born on November 29, 1883 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of William Henry and Harriet (Rosemond) Hunter.
Hunter, Dard was born on November 29, 1883 in Steubenville, Ohio, United States. Son of William Henry and Harriet (Rosemond) Hunter.
Student Ohio State University. Graduate Graphische Lehr und Versuchs-Anstalt, Vienna. Also studied Kunstgewerbe Schule, Vienna, and at Royal Technology College, London, England.
Doctor of Letters, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1931, Ohio State University, 1939.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Wooster College, 1947. Lehigh University, 1949.
Art director The Roycroft Shop, East Aurora, New York, 1903-1910. Settled on farm in New York State, 1913. Moved to Chillicothe, O., 1919.
Makes the paper for limited editions of books issued by himself.
Designs, casts and sets the type, prints on hand press Rosenbach fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1949.
Honorary curator of graphic arts Harvard since 1950.
Clubs: Rowfant (honorary, Cleveland).
Married Helen Edith Cornell, March 24, 1908. Children: Dard, Cornell Choate.