Marianne Nunn Explained

Marianne Nunn
Birth Date:	17 May 1778
Birth Place:	Colchester?
Death Date:	1847
Nationality:	British

Marianne Nunn (17 May 1778 – 1847) was a British hymn writer.^[1]

Life

Nunn was possibly born in Colchester as her father John Nunn lived there. Marianne had two younger brothers John and William. John Nunn published a book of hymns in 1817 that included the hymn "One there is above all others, O how he loves" which was an adaption of a hymn by John Newton that Nunn had adapted to the Welsh tune Ar hyd y nos.^[2] The hymn had a number of variants and was popular with children.^[3]

Nunn was included in the Dictionary of National Biography with an entry written by James Cuthbert Hadden.^[4] Nunn never married and died in 1847.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Charles, Rogers. Lyra Britannica, A Collection of British Hymns: Printed from the genuine Texts with biographical Sketches of the Hymn Writers. 28 October 2021 . BoD – Books on Demand, 2021. 978-3752522136.
2. J. Julian, ed., A dictionary of hymnology, rev. edn (1907), 823–4 · Venn, Alum. Cant. · J. Miller, Singers and songs of the church (1869), 362 · R. Garrett Horder, The hymn lover (1899), 142 · E. R. Pitman, Lady hymn-writers (1892), 152–3 · GM, 2nd ser., 13 (1840), 664 · GM, 3rd ser., 10 (1861), 703 · CGPLA Eng. & Wales (1861) [John Nunn]
3. Book: Julian. John. Dictionary of Hymnology. 1907.
4. Nunn, Marianne. 41.
5. Nunn, Marianne (1778–1847). 2020-12-09. 2004 . en. 10.1093/ref:odnb/20403. 978-0-19-861412-8 .