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Anne Hunter
English salonnière and poet (1742–1821)
For the Scottish aristocrat, see Anne Home, Countess of Lauderdale.
For the Amphibia episode, see Anne Hunter (Amphibia).
Anne Hunter (néeHome) (1742 – 7 January 1821) was a salonnière and poet in Georgian London.[1] She is remembered mostly for the texts to at least nine of Joseph Haydn's 14 songs in English.
She was the wife of surgeon and anatomist John Hunter, whose anatomical collections in their home eventually formed the basis for the Hunterian Museum. She entertained the leading Bluestockings at their house.
Biography
Hunter was the eldest daughter of surgeon Robert Boyne Home of Greenlaw Castle, Berwickshire.
Irish giantIn July 1771, she married John Hunter, one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. Her brother Everard Home was apprenticed to her husband as a surgeon.
Her salons were among the most enjoyable of her time, though not always to her husband's taste.
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