Background
Hunt, Thomas Forsyth was born on January 1, 1862 in Ridott, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Marshall and Mary A. (Kirk) Hunt.
Hunt, Thomas Forsyth was born on January 1, 1862 in Ridott, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas Marshall and Mary A. (Kirk) Hunt.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1884, Doctor of Agriculture, 1904. Doctor of Science, Michigan Agricultural College, 1907.
Assistant to Illinois State entomologist, 1885-1886. Assistant in agriculture, University of Illinois, 1886-1888. Assistant agriculturist, Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station, 1888-1891.
Professor agriculture, Pennsylvania State College, 1891-1892.
Professor agriculture, 1892-1903, dean College Agriculture and Domestic Science, 1896-1903, Ohio State University. Registrar Graduate School, held at Ohio State University, 1902.
Professor agronomy, Cornell Univercity, 1903-1907. Dean School of Agriculture and director Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station of Pennsylvania State College, 1907-1912.
Dean College of Agriculture, 1912-1923, professor agriculture, since 1912, University of California, director Agricultural Experiment Station same 1912-1919.
Author: The Cereals in America, 1904. How to Choose a Farm, 1906. The Forage and Fiber Crops in America, 1907.
The Young Farmer, 1913.
Soil and Crops (with Charles West. Burkett), 1913. Farm Animals (with Charles West. Burkett), 1914.
Home: Berkeley, California.
Married Juniata G. Campbell, August 22, 1888. Children: Theodore Morrow, Marion Juliet.