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Authorised form of namePenn; John (1805 - 1878)
Dates1805 - 1878
NationalityBritish
Place of birthGreenwich, London, England
Date of birth1805
Place of deathThe Cedars, Lee, Kent
Date of death23 September 1878
OccupationCivil engineer
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election09/06/1859
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3645
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1859/11Penn, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/003493Penn, Johnnd
HS/14/152Letter, from John Penn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Spring Gardens11 March 1829
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