• Name: Hunter, John
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: 13  February  1728
• Death Date: 16  October  1793
• Occupation: surgeon
• Occupation: anatomist

Godwin records his death in 1793. There also seems to have been a meeting in March 1791, at Helen Maria Williams' which was attended by several of Godwin's medical acquaintance (and Hunter's wife was also a poet). This identification is not certain, but seems likely.

There are a number of other 'Hunter' entries in the diary. It seems likely that Godwin is identifying Rowland Hunter (Joseph Johnson's grand-nephew);
Senator William Hunter; Joseph Hunter; and Captain Hunter, who may be related to Rowland Hunter.

In each case the identification relies on the use of an initial. In addition, however, there are twenty plain 'Hunter' entries, spanning the diary: 1789-03-16; 1794-12-15; 1795-01-31;1798-12-18; 1799-08-06;1801-04-01; 1801-12-28;1806-01-14;1815-03-22;1815-11-17; 1817-04-22;1817-07-05;1818-09-20;1818-10-25;1818-10-30; 1821-06-06;1829-02-13;1833-11-18;1834-05-12;1835-05-28.

There are also four entries for 'Hunters':1794-09-17; 1794-12-10;1833-06-30;1834-04-02; and on for Hunter’s: 1823-02-08. There is also a Dr Hunter in 1798-03-20; and a 'Hunter fr' in 1811-06-29.

Also, in a letter to A Constable, 23 Nov 1809 Godwin refers to a Mr [Alexander] Hunter who was in partnership with Constable, managing his London premises - which suggests a further possibility for some of these non-initialed Hunters. See the entry on Constable in the DNB.

• MS. Abinger c. 21, fols. 74-5: n.d.
• DNB

This table lists the people this person is most frequently noted with in the diary.