Caroline Sophia Grundy Lunn (1823 – 1893) was a British novelist and hymnwriter.

Caroline Sophia Lunn
Born1823 Edit this on Wikidata
Fenny Drayton Edit this on Wikidata
Died1893 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 69–70)
OccupationNovelist Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)John Calbraith Lunn Edit this on Wikidata

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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  • Poems. 1860.[1]
  • Only Eve.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1873.[1]
  • The Masters of Claythorpe.  3 vol.  London: Sampson Low, 1874.[1]
  • Clare Stellar: A Novel.  2 vol.  London: Remington, 1883.[1]
  • Shamrock and Rose: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.