Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Braşov ("Kronstadt", "Brassó"), Transylvania, Masarautar Hungary, a yau Romania, ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Vienna tsakanin 1520 zuwa 1525, ya kammala karatu tare da taken "magister artium". Yayin da Ottomans suka kusanci Vienna a 1529 ("duba
Siege na Vienna"), Honter ya fara zuwa Regensburg, kuma, a 1530, ya yi rajista a Jami'ar Jagiellonian ta Kraków (a Poland) a matsayin "Johannes Georgii de Corona, artium magister Viennensis" (Corona shine Latin na tsakiyar zamanai don Braşov). A cikin Kraków ne ya buga littattafansa na farko, na ilimin nahawu na Latin da kuma nazarin sararin samaniya.