Dean Professor of Classical Studies
Hunt was born at Dubbo, New South Wales, the third child of Harold Wesley George Hunt (1867-1903), founder and Headmaster of Dubbo Boys Grammar School, and his wife Grace Matilda (née Henderson). He was three months old when his father died and his mother then trained as a teacher. He attended his father"s alma mater, Newington College, from 1916 until 1920.
University of Sydney. University of Melbourne. The Queen"s College.
She later founded Woodcourt College in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. At the end of 1920 Hunt was named Dux of the College and received the Schofield Scholarship. He went up to the University of Sydney and in 1921 and graduated as a Bachelor of Arts.
Upon graduation, Hunt taught at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and completed a Diploma of Education in 1929 at the University of Melbourne.
In 1931 he became senior classics master and whilst at Grammar was involved in debating, rowing, rifle-shooting and the cadet corporations In 1936, Hunt was appointed to the University of Melbourne as lecturer in classics.
He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1945 and associate-professor in 1949. In 1955 he made Professor of Classical Studies.
Hunt was awarded a Doctor of Letters by the university in 1950.
Hunt served with the Citizen Military Forces in 1942 and then became an intelligence officer with the Australian Imperial Force until 1943. Rising to the rank of Captain, he devised an intensive course in the instruction of the Japanese language for Australian soldiers.
He was Dean of the Faculty of Arts and served as a member of the university council from 1952 until 1955.
