title: Who was... John A Hunt OBE?
abstract: Major John A (Anthony) Hunt OBE (1906 - 1986) was a professional geologist who spent part of his working life in the oil fields of the world and a further highly significant period of 28 years (1936 - 58) as a Colonial Administrative Service Officer in the former British Protectorate of Somaliland. In 1943, he was personally selected by the Governor to carry out a wide-ranging General Survey of the Protectorate. The report of this General Survey attained such repute that newly appointed colonial administrators were recommended to rely on three basic documents: the Koran, the Bible and Hunt's, A General Survey of British Somaliland.
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authors.lastname: Payne
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005843:Geography / Q000266:history; D005844:Geology / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012998:Somalia