Thomas_Hunter_(dentist)
Thomas Hunter (dentist)
New Zealand dentist and public health administrator
Sir Thomas Anderson Hunter KBE (10 February 1863 – 29 December 1958) was a New Zealand dentist and public health administrator. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 10 February 1863.[1]
Hunter was chairman of Massey Agricultural College from 1936 to 1938, when he resigned.[2][3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918, in recognition of his role as director of dental services for the New Zealand military forces during World War I.[4] In the 1947 King's Birthday Honours he was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order, for services in connection with dental health and welfare.[5] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[6]