HUNT, Richard Morris, American archi tect: b. Brattleboro, Vt., 31 Oct. 1828; d. New port, R. I., 31 July 1895. He began the study of architecture in Europe at an early age, at tended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, traveled in Germany, Italy, Asia Minor and Egypt, and under his former teacher, Lefuel, was clerk of the works on the buildings that were erected to connect the Tuileries with the Louvre. In 1855 he returned to the United States and proceeded to signalize himself by a remarkable series of noble architectural crea tions, such as the Capitol extension at Washing ton; the Lenox Library, New York; the York town Monument, Virginia; Presbyterian Hospi tal, New York; Tribune building, New York; Fogg Museum, Cambridge, etc. He also de signed the pedestal for Bartholdi's colossal statue of
founders and president of the Institute of Architects; an associate of the Academie des Beaux-Arts; member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and holder of its gold medal; a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and a mem ber of numerous other domestic and foreign societies. In 1892 he was made an associate member of the Institute of France. He held the honorary degree of LL.D. from Harvard. There are two monuments to his memory in New York city: a fountain by D. C. French on Fifth avenue opposite the residence of H. C. Frick and a life-sized statue on top of the W. K. Vanderbilt residence. Through his artistic and structural faculty he exercised a profound influence over American architecture. Consult Anon., 'A Reminiscence and an Appreciation' (in Architectural Record, Vol. XXXIX, p. 295, New York 1916); id.,