George Hunter (author), Date of Birth, Date of Death

George Hunter (author)

American author, born 1867

Date of Birth: 08-May-1867

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1927

Profession: author

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

George Leland Hunter, A.B.
(1867–1927) was an American authority on decorative art.
He was born at Bellingham, Massachusetts, and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Harvard University (A.B., 1889). He taught in Chicago for a decade, then moved to New York City.
His writings appeared in many magazine articles and in several books.
He wrote Tapestries, their Origin, History, and Renaissance (1912), which was regarded as the finest book in English on the subject.