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Sir David Hunt KCMG, OBE (1913 – July 1998) was a British diplomat, best remembered as winner of the BBC's ''Mastermind'' television quiz in 1977. Hunt was born in Durham, and studied at Wadham College, Oxford. He served with distinction in World War II, and entered the diplomatic service in 1947. He served as Private Secretary to prime ministers Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, and was knighted in 1963. From 1965 to 1967 he was the British High Commissioner to Cyprus. He later served as High Commissioner to Nigeria and then as British Ambassador to Brazil, retiring in 1973. Hunt won the ''Mastermind'' title in 1977 and was runner-up in the ''Mastermind International'' of 1979. In 1982, a ''Champion of Champions'' tournament between the first ten ''Mastermind'' champions was televised. Sir David Hunt won the overall title. ==Publications== Hunt had a number of books published: * * * A revised edition of the two books ''A Don at war'' and ''On the spot: an ambassador remembers''. *. Co-authored with J.N. Coldstream 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Hunt (diplomat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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