Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt
Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt was a prominent physician in Hartford, Connecticut.
Early life
Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt was born in Coventry, Connecticut. Hunt's parents were Dr. Eleazar Hunt and Sybil Hunt.He was educated in the schools of Middletown, Connecticut and Amherst, Massachusetts and graduated from Yale College in 1833, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. He studied medicine at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, receiving his M.D. in 1838.
Career
Hunt became a prominent physician in Hartford, President of the Connecticut State Medical Society in 1864 and 1865, director and medical visitor of the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane, and physician to the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb.Personal life
On June 13, 1848, he married Mary A. Crosby, a daughter of Daniel P. Crosby of Hartford. Together, Ebenezer and Mary were the parents of four children, including:- Louise Hunt, who married J. Benjamin Dimmick.
- Jeannette Hunt, who married George Goodwin Williams.
- Sarah Crosby Hunt, who died young.
- Mary Sibyl Hunt, who died young.
Legacy
The E. K. Hunt Chair of Anatomy at Yale University is named after him.Published works
- Concerning the American psychiatrist Amariah Brigham
- A reprint of the 1845 book.