German Horton Hunt | |
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Born | Baltimore, Maryland | December 27, 1828
Died | June 16, 1907 Chattolanee, Baltimore County, Maryland | (aged 78)
Resting place | Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore |
Occupation(s) | Industrialist, Banker |
Known for | Poole & Hunt |
Political party | Whig until 1856, Democratic thereafter |
Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth E. Meddinger
(died 1854)Maria Louisa Hiser
(m. 1856; died 1892) |
German Horton Hunt (December 12, 1828 - June 16, 1907) was an American industrialist and businessman. Hunt was principally associated with his industrial partnership with Robert Poole in Baltimore, Maryland, Poole & Hunt, where he was a partner from 1851 to 1889.[1]
Hunt also held founding or major positions with several other nineteenth-century Baltimore firms, served as president of both the Maryland Institute and the McDonogh School, and served on the city's parks and trade boards.[2][3]