Caroline Sophia Grundy Lunn (1823 – 1893) was a British novelist and hymnwriter.
Caroline Sophia Lunn | |
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Born | 1823 Fenny Drayton |
Died | 1893 (aged 69–70) |
Occupation | Novelist |
Spouse(s) | John Calbraith Lunn |
Caroline Sophia Grundy was born on 1823 in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England, the daughter of farmer John Grundy. She married John Calbraith Lunn, an Irish-born Unitarian minister and amateur astronomer who was elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, in 1851.[1]
In 1860, she published a collection of poems under the pseudonym Linus. She went on to publish four novels in the 1870s and 1880s.[1] She contributed ten hymns to her husband's book Hymns for Religious Services (1880), including "Day and night the blessings fall".[2]
Caroline Lunn died in 1893.[1]
Bibliography
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edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Author: Caroline Sophia Lunn". At the Circulating Library:A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
- ^ Julian, John (1957). A dictionary of hymnology : setting forth the origin and history of Christian hymns of all ages and nations. Internet Archive. New York : Dover. p. 1667.