{"id":6592,"date":"2015-04-23T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connects.soton.ac.uk\/?p=488"},"modified":"2015-04-23T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T11:30:02","slug":"class-notes-obituary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/southamptonconnects\/2015\/04\/23\/class-notes-obituary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Class notes &#8211; Obituary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>Peter F. 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Hunt studied Botany at Southampton University,1954-57, followed by a Masters degree.\u00a0\u00a0He worked at Kew for 12 years, followed by 21 years at Thames Polytechnic, then with the RHS as the International Orchid Registrar until his retirement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was a great train traveller, took part in plant hunting expeditions, contributed to many publications, including the first Reader\u2019s Digest \u2018<em>Encyclopaedia of Plants and Flowers<\/em>\u2019, and was a Chelsea Flower Show Judge. 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