Background
Hunter, Samuel John was born on November 11, 1866 in Ireland. Son of Review James and Rebecca (Davison) Hunter.
Hunter, Samuel John was born on November 11, 1866 in Ireland. Son of Review James and Rebecca (Davison) Hunter.
Removed with parents to Iowa in infancy. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, University of Kansas, 1893. Graduate student, Cornell Univercity, 1896.
Investigator Marine Biological Laboratory, 1901-1902.
Mistress Edwin J. Simmons). Principal Columbus (Kansas) High School, 1890-1891, Atchison County High School, 1893-1896. Absent on leave, 1894, to visit zoöl. laboratories of Europe.
Assistant professor entomology, 1896-1899, associate professor, 1899, associate professor comparative zoölogy and entomology, 1901, head department entomology, 1902, professor, 1906, curator entomological collections, 1909, University of Kansas State entomologist.
Member Kansas State Entomological Commission, 1907, 24. Collaborator Federal Bureau Entomology.
Member National Committee on Unification of State and Federal Horticultural Inspection Legislation. Member City Planning Committee.
Member National Committee on Real Estate Taxation.
Member Kansas State Entomological Commission, 1907, 24. Member National Committee on Unification of State and Federal Horticultural Inspection Legislation. Member City Planning Committee.
Member National Committee on Real Estate Taxation.
Member Kansas Council for Defense, World War. President Eastern Kansas Teachers’ Association, 1894-1895.
Member Kansas Academy Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Lida West. Campbell, June 16, 1897 (died June 1929).