Edward Eyre Hunt Jr.

Edward Eyre Hunt Jr. (1922 — 1991) was an American physical anthropologist[2] and human biologist.[3]

Edward Eyre Hunt Jr.
Born1922
Died1991
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAnthropologist
Human biologist
Spouse(s)Vilma Rose Hunt
ChildrenMargaret Hunt
William Hunt
Louise Rounds
Kitty Hunt
Martine Lebret
Parent(s)Edward Eyre Hunt (father)
Virginia Lloyd Hunt (mother)
Academic background
EducationDoctor of Philosophy
Alma materHarvard University
Doctoral advisorEarnest Albert Hooton
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology, Human biology
Sub-disciplineBiological anthropology
InfluencedCarleton S. Coon, Stanley M. Garn, Paul T. Baker[1]

Family

Hunt was born to Edward Eyre Hunt (Sr.)[4] and Virginia Lloyd Hunt.[5] E. E. Hunt (Sr.) was an economist and a war correspondent,[6] and V. L. Hunt was a goldsmith and painter. She had also worked as a teacher of the fine arts at the University of Virginia.[5]

He was married to Vilma Rose Hunt.[2] In 1952, Vilma traveled to Boston to study dentistry. She met Edward Eyre Hunt Jr. at the Forsyth Dental Infirmary. They married in 1952, moved to Gloucester, Massachusetts, and had four children: Margaret, William, Louise, Catherine and Martine (a foster daughter). Margaret, later, became the chair of the women and gender studies department at Amherst College. Vilma and Edward retired in 1985.[7]

Education

Hunt did his B.A. from the Harvard College in 1942, and in 1951, he completed his Ph.D. from the Harvard University with Earnest Albert Hooton as his doctoral advisor.[2] He was Hooton's last doctorate student.[1]

Career and research

After completing his Ph.D., Hunt worked for nearly fourteen years at the Harvard University's Department of Anthropology and Forsyth Dental Center, with a break of one year in which he served as a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne.[2]

He had worked on a "research program on Yap" that was funded by the United States Navy. He developed keen interest in the subject of human growth.[2]

The anthropologists Marcha Flint and Leslie Sue Lieberman credits him as medical anthropology's originator, and specifically, of applied medical anthropology.[3]

He had co–founded the Dental Anthropology Association (US) and promoted the bio–cultural perspective in the field of human biology.[3]

World War II

During the second world war, Hunt served in the United States Air Force for four years.[2]

Reception

Gary D. James of the Binghamton University[1] and Paul T. Baker saw him as, probably, biological anthropology's last "renaissance scholar".[2] William Pollitzer wrote,

He was a modern Renaissance scientist, enlivening conversation and enlightening all of us.[3]

Marcha Flint and Leslie Sue Lieberman views him as "a pioneer in statistics applied to human biology and physical anthropology."[3]

Death

Hunt had underwent a surgery of the gallbladder. However, after the surgery, an embolism occurred, resulting in his death. In his youth, he had also suffered from Hodgkin's disease, but that was completely cured.[2]

Works

Some of the books co–authored by Hunt are as follows:

  • Logan, Michael H.; Hunt, Edward E. (1978). Health and the Human Condition: Perspectives on Medical Anthropology. North Scituate, Massachusetts: Duxbury Press. OCLC 715153690.
  • Coon, Carleton S.; Hunt, Edward E. (1965). The Living Races of Man (1st ed.). New York: Knopf. OCLC 1170977617.
  • Hunt, Edward E.; Lessa, William A.; Hicking, Arobati (1965). The Sex Ratio of Live Births in Three Pacific Island Populations (Yap, Samoa and New Guinea). Detroit: Wayne State University Press. OCLC 16328381.
  • Hunt Jr., Edward E.; Kidder, Nathaniel R.; Schneider, David M. (1954). The Depopulation of Yap (1st ed.). Detroit: Wayne State University Press. OCLC 16329018.

References
  1. James, Gary D. (October 4, 2018). "Hunt, E. E." Wiley-Liss. doi:10.1002/9781118584538.ieba0567. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Baker, Paul T. (September 1992). "Obituary: Edward Eyre Hunt, Jr. (1922–1991)". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Wiley-Liss. 89: 123–125. doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330890111.
  3. Flint, Marcha; Lieberman, Leslie Sue (1995). "A special tribute in honor of Edward Eyre Hunt, Jr". American Journal of Human Biology. Wiley-Liss. 7: 423. doi:10.1002/ajhb.1310070402.
  4. "Edward Eyre Hunt". Nebraska Authors. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  5. "Virginia L. Hunt, Artist and Editor, Ex-Ohio Official". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  6. "Hunt, Edward E. (Edward Eyre), 1885–1953". SNAC. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. Lawrence, J. M. (January 13, 2017). "Vilma Hunt; pioneered research into smoking, worksites". The Boston Globe.
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