Original: Vice-Admiral John Hunter, RN (29 August 1737 - 13 March 1821) was a British naval officer, explorer, naturalist and colonial administrator who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second governor of New South Wales, Australia from 1795 to 1800.
Simplified: John Hunter (29 August 1737 - 13 March 1821), was a Royal Navy admiral who became the the second Governor of New South Wales.