OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 151, 23 December 1929, Page 10

OBITUARY

DR. IRWIN HUNTER, DTJNEDIN

(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.")

DUNEDIN, This Day.

The death ocurred on Saturday night, after a lengthy illness, of Dr. Irwin Hunter, of Dunedin. Dr. Hunter was the eldest son of the late Mr. William Hunter, who was for many years manager of the National Bank of New Zealand at Port Chalmers. He was born in London in 1869, and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1880. He continued his education at the Taranaki High School, the Otago Boys' High School (at which he gained a Grey Eussell scholarship), and the University of Otago. In 1892 he graduated M.A., B.Sc, with first-class honours in chemistry, and after three years spent in banking, mining, and medicine studies he went to London, where he studied medicine and surgery at the London Hospital, gaining the diplomas,of M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. in 1897, and that of F.R.G.S. in 1898. After qualification, Dr. Hunter held several appointments in London hospitals. In 1900 Dr. Hunter left England, and carried on a private practice in Melbourne until 1902, when he returned to Dunedin, and for many years carried on practice as a specialist.

Prom his-boyhood Dr. Hunter took a keen interest in athletic sports, particularly Eugby football, of which he was one of the best exponents in the province. He was a very keen horticulturist, and was specially interested in native flora.

The late Dr. Hunter, who married a daughter of the late Mr. William Elder, is survived by his widow and one daughter. He is also survived by his mother, who lives at Boslyn; two brothers—Professtor T. A. Hunter, of Victoria College, Wellington, and Mr. Allan Hunter, of Sydney—and two sisters.