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'''William Hunter''' ([[Montrose, Angus]], 1755-1812) was an official and minister in India, then secretary to the [[Asiatic Society]] in Calcutta, Bengal. He made one of the first [[Bible translations into Hindi]].<br />
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He studied at the University of Aberdeen and went to India in 1781. He succeeded [[John Gilchrist (surgeon)|John Borthwick Gilchrist]] as the secretary of the Asiatic Society in 1804 and in 1805 was made the Secretary of the College.<ref>British Orientalism and the Bengal Renaissance - Page 70 "William Hunter, who succeeded Gilchrist as secretary of the Asiatic Society in 1804"</ref><ref>The Asiatic Society, 1784-1984: bicentenary souvenir Asiatic Society (Calcutta, India) 1984 "Already in 1805 the Secretary of the Society, William Hunter had been made the Secretary of the College. In 1808 .."</ref><br />
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== Publications ==<br />
William Hunter; "Observations on Nauclea gambin, : the plant producing the drug called gutta gambeer with characters of two other species" communicated by the president ; read June 16, 1807. in: ''Transactions of the Linnean society'' Vol. 9 (1808), p.&nbsp;218-224 [https://books.google.com/books?id=rAgAAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA366# (reprinted here)]<br />
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