| Authorised form of name | Lunn; Francis (1795 - 1839); natural philosopher |
| Dates | 1795 - 1839 |
| Place of birth | Brasted, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 14 October 1795 |
| Date of death | 04 August 1839 |
| Occupation | Anglican priest |
| Activity | Education: Eton; St John's College (1814); Scholar (1817); B.A (1818); M.A (1821)
Career: Member of Trinity College (1833); Ordained deacon (Gloucester, for London) (1820); priest (Chester, for London) (1820); vicar of Butleigh with Baltonsborough, Somerset, (1828-39). |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/02/1819 |
| Age at election | 24 |
| Proposer | James Cumming; William Dealtry; Charles Babbage; George Peacock; Edward Troughton |
| Relationships | Parents: Grigg and Maria Lunn
Spouse: Elizabeth Periam Hood (7 December 1837), daughter of Captain Alexander Hood and Elizabeth Periam |
| OtherInfo | Assisted Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) in his experiments in isolating cadmium from zinc. On Clarke's death in1820, the Heads of Cambridge nominated Lunn, as well as John Stevens Henslow (1796-1861) for the Professorship of Mineralogy.
Has written chapters on electricity and chemistry in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana.
Corresponded with Sir John Herschel. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
The Peerage [https://www.thepeerage.com/p53380.htm#i533796; last accessed: 06/12/2023]
A Cambridge Alumni Database [https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=Lunn&suro=w&fir=Francis&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50; last accessed: 06/12/2023] |
| Code | NA5394 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1818/26 | Lunn, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| HS/11/412a | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Lunn | 5 January 1825 |
| HS/11/412 | Letter, from Francis Lunn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hawarden Castle | 8 December 1824 |
| HS/11/414 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Lunn | undated |
| HS/11/409 | Letter, from Francis Lunn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hawarden Castle | undated |
| HS/11/411 | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Lunn, dated at 2 Orchard St. | 11 November 1824 |
| HS/11/410 | Letter, from Francis Lunn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Chesterford, Essex | 14 June 1824 |
| HS/11/413 | Letter, from Francis Lunn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hawarden Castle | 14 January 1825 |