John Gunn (geologist)
{{Short description|British geologist}}
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John Gunn (Norwich, 1801–1890){{cite book|author=George Willard White|title=Essays on history of geology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vL384vo4EUC|access-date=6 January 2012|year=1951|publisher=Ayer Publishing|isbn=978-0-405-10464-0}} was an English cleric and geologist, known for his work on the Cromer Forest Bed. He also established the Norwich Geological Society with John Ellor Taylor in 1864.
Life
He was the son of the Rev. William Gunn of Irstead, Norfolk. He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1819, graduating B.A. in 1823 and M.A. in 1827. He became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, in 1827.{{alox2|title=Gunn, John}}
In 1829 Gunn was ordained. He became vicar of Barton Turf, and rector of Irstead.{{CCEd |type=person |id=110252 |name=Gunn, John |year1=1829 |year2=1829 |accessed=17 October 2017 }} He married in 1830 Harriet Turner, daughter of Dawson Turner.{{cite ODNB|id=27846|first=Angus|last=Fraser|title=Turner, Dawson}}{{cite web|url=http://www4.wlv.ac.uk/btw/authors/1062|title=Harriet Gunn (Author), British Travel Writing|access-date=17 October 2017|archive-date=17 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017150714/http://www4.wlv.ac.uk/btw/authors/1062|url-status=dead}}
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References
- Obituary in: {{Cite PSM|wstitle=Obituary Notes|month-and-year=August 1890|volume=37}}
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