| Authorised form of name | Venn; John (1834 - 1923) |
| Dates | 1834 - 1923 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Drypool, Hull, England |
| Date of birth | 04 August 1834 |
| Place of death | His home, Chaucer Road, Cambridge |
| Date of death | 04/04/1923 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Trumpington, Cambridgeshire |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Church of England |
| Research field | Probability |
| Activity | Education:
Highgate School; Islington School; Caius College, Cambridge. BA (1857), MA (1860), ScD (1884)
Career:
Fellow, Caius College, Cambridge (1857-1923); President (1912-1913); ordained deacon (1858); ordained priest (1859); Curate, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire (1858-1859); Curate, Mortlake, Surrey (1860-1862); Lecturer in Logic and Moral Philosophy, Cambridge (1862); Huslean Lecturer (1869); invented a bowling machine for cricket; gave his collection of books on logic to Cambridge University Library
Memberships:
FSA (1892); Cambridge Antiquarian Society (President 1907-1908)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/06/1883 |
| Relationships | Son of Rev Henry Venn and his wife Martha, daughter of Nicholas Sykes of Swanland, York; married (1867) Susannah Carnegie, daughter of Rev Charles Welland Edmonstone; father of John Venn, compiler of 'Alumni Cantabrigiensis' |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Venn
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1926 vol 110 pp x-xi, plate, signed by W B H |
| Royal Society code | NA6576 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1883/15 | Venn, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/004718 | Venn, John | nd |
| IM/Maull/004717 | Venn, John | nd |
| NLB/4/1096 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 16 January 1891 |
| NLB/3/978 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr John Venn, Apthorp, Owls Road, Boscombe | 28 November 1889 |
| NLB/10/977 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 March 1895 |
| NLB/10/908 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr John Venn, Caius College, Cambridge | 4 March 1895 |
| NLB/18/506 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 24 March 1899 |
| NLB/15/457 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 7 October 1897 |
| NLB/15/438 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 October 1897 |
| NLB/46/120 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Venn, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 June 1912 |
| NLB/45/606 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr J [John] Venn FRS | 11 April 1912 |
| NLB/3/916 | List of corrections in the addresses of Royal Society Fellows | 8 November 1889 |
| RR/12/323 | Referee's report by John Venn, on an unnamed paper by A L Haddon | 11 March 1895 |