David Lunn
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| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
David Ramsay Lunn (17 July 1930 – 19 July 2021) was a British
Lunn was born on Tyneside and educated at the Kings School, Tynemouth, where he was head boy in 1947, and King's College, Cambridge.[2][3][4]
An
Hillsborough Disaster, he implemented the clergy disaster plan to improve the church's response to such disasters in future.[2]
In 1997 Lunn was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by
Sheffield University.[5] After retirement, during which he settled at Wetwang, he became an assistant bishop in the Diocese of York in 1991.[6]
Works
Lunn wrote a multi-volume history of the area covered by the diocese including Rivers, Rectors and Abbots and Kings, Canals and Coal.[7]
A keen gardener, he also wrote the booklet Roses Wild: A little book by the Bishop of Sheffield concerning the roses in his garden at Bishopscroft.
References
- ^ "The Passing Of The Rt Revd David Lunn". Sheffield Cathedral. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
- ^ a b A Brief Synopsis Of Previous Bishops Of The See Of Sheffield Archived 25 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Tony Beck, Diocese of Sheffield. Retrieved on 30 October 2008.
- ^ "No. 48028". The London Gazette. 13 December 1979. p. 15699.
- ^ "No. 54888". The London Gazette. 9 September 1997. p. 10205.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates" (PDF). Sheffield University. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Lunn, David Ramsay". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 August 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Thorne and District Gazette—'Snippets' of Yesteryear—The Battle of Hatfield Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Ben Brown, Thorne-Moorends Town Council. Retrieved on 28 October 2008.
