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Granville Penn (9 December 1761 – 28 September 1844) was a great-grandson of Admiral Sir William Penn, a British author, and scriptural geologist.
Aug 18, 2023 · Granville Penn (9 December 1761 – 28 September 1844) was a great-grandson of Admiral Sir William Penn, a British author, and scriptural geologist. Biography. He was born 9 December 1761 in Spring Gardens, London, the second surviving son of Thomas Penn and his wife, Lady Juliana Fermor, fourth daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret.
Nov 27, 2020 · Explore genealogy for Granville Penn born 1761 Spring Gardens, Woodburn, Buckinghamshire, England died 1844 Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom including ancestors + 1 photos + more in the free family tree community.
- Male
- December 9, 1761
- Isabella (Forbes) Penn
Jan 16, 2019 · Penn, Granville. Conversations on Geology comprising a familiar exposition of the Huttonian and Wenerian System; The Mosaic Geology, as explained by Mr. Granville Penn; and the late discoveries of Professor Buckland, Humboldt.
John Penn had Pennsylvania castle built on the island, and after his death the castle and its contents were inherited by Granville. Granville was also the principle heir of Philadelphia Hannah Freame [1740/1741-1826], granddaughter of William Penn [1644-1718], the founder of Pennsylvania.
Granville Penn (1761-1844) was an amateur textual critic, who intended to revise the English translation of the new Testament, and brought in evidence from Codex Vaticanus (B03) in order to support his argument.
Granville Penn (1761-1844)2 was a self-made scholar who is remembered, if at all, rather as a “biblical geologist” and historiographer of his great-grand-father’s life than as a textual critic.
