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Robert Hunter


Born
in Camberwell, South London, The United Kingdom
October 27, 1844

Died
November 06, 1913

Genre
Nonfiction, Politics


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Sir Robert Hunter KCB (27 October 1844 – 6 November 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust.

From the 1860s Hunter was interested in conservation of public open spaces, and worked with other pioneers in this field, including Octavia Hill and Hardwicke Rawnsley. After acting as adviser to Hill in her campaigns to save Hampstead Heath and other open spaces, he worked with Rawnsley to save land in the English Lake District from industrial development. In 1893 the three campaigners agreed to set up a national body to acquire vulnerable properties and preserve them for the nation. At Hunter's suggestion it was entitled "the Nat ...more

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The Preservation of Open Sp...
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