William Wilson Hunter

Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE
Born	(1840-07-15)15 July 1840 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died	6 February 1900(1900-02-06) (aged 59) Oaken Holt, England, UK
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Glasgow
Scientific career
Fields	History, statistics
Institutions	Indian Civil Service University of Calcutta

Sir William Wilson Hunter KCSI CIE (15 July 1840 – 6 February 1900)^[1] was a Scottish historian, statistician, a compiler and a member of the Indian Civil Service.

He is most known for The Imperial Gazetteer of India on which he started working in 1869, and which was eventually published in nine volumes in 1881, then fourteen, and later as a twenty-six volume set after his death.