What is John Hunter?
{{Infobox_Person | name =John Hunter | residence = | other_names = | image =Gouverneur John Hunter.jpg | imagesize =200px | caption =John Hunter | birth_name = | birth_date =29 August 1737 | birth_place =[[Leith]], [[Scotland]] | death_date =13 March 1821 | death_place =[[London]], [[England]] | death_cause = | known = | occupation = [[Sailor]], [[Surveyor]], <br /> 2nd [[Governor]] of Australia | title = | term = | predecessor = [[Arthur Phillip]] | successor = [[Philip Gidley King]] | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} '''John Hunter''' (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821), was a [[Royal Navy]] admiral who became the second [[Governor of New South Wales]]. ==Early life== John Hunter was born in [[Leith]], [[Scotland]]. His parents were William Hunter and Helen Drummond.<ref name=adb>{{cite web | last =Auchmuty | first = J.J.| title =Hunter, John (1737-1821) | work =Australian Dictionary of Biography Online | publisher =[[Melbourne University Press]] | date =1966 | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010529b.htm | access-date =January 13, 2009 }}</ref> He lived for a while with his uncle at [[Lyn]], [[Norfolk]]. He studied music with [[composer]] Dr. [[Charles Burney]]. He started studying at the [[University of Aberdeen]] so that he could become a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] in the [[Church of Scotland]]. In 1754 he decided to become a [[sailor]] and started as the captain's servant in ''[[HMS Grampus]]''.<ref name=adb/> The ''Grampus'' was a 14 gun [[sloop]]. ==Sailor== By 1755 he was an able seaman in the ''HMS Centaur'', the next year a [[midshipman]] on the ''HMS Union'' and the ''HMS Neptune''. These were the [[flagship]]s of Admiral [[Charles Knowles]]. In 1757 Hunter took part in an attack on Rochefort. In 1757 he was involved in the attack on [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec]]. Hunter passed his exams in [[navigation]] and [[astronomy]] in 1760 and qualified to be a [[lieutenant]]. It took until 17