12 Facts About Anna Gurney

Anna Gurney was an English scholar, philanthropist, geologist and a member of the Gurney family of Norfolk.

Anna Gurney had two full siblings, Richard, born 1783, and Elizabeth, born 1784.

Buxton died in 1839, and Anna Gurney continued to inhabit the cottage for the remainder of her life.

Anna Gurney worked with Amelia Opie to create an Anti-Slavery Society in Norwich.

Anna Gurney visited Rome, Athens and Argos, and was contemplating a voyage to the Baltics.

Anna Gurney owned at least one Old Norse-Icelandic manuscript, an eighteenth-century copy of Viglundar saga, now in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Special Collections.

Anna Gurney was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries on 12 March 1818, and was vice-president from 1822 to 1846.

Anna Gurney contributed to the society many hundreds of pounds for the publication of Anglo-Saxon works.

Anna's brother Richard Hanbury Gurney was a banker and MP.

Anna Gurney lived at Thickthorn Hall, in Hethersett near Norwich.

Anna Gurney was ejected from the Quakers for giving money to a military purpose.

Rachel's sister Anna Gurney Hanbury was the mother of social reformer Fowell Buxton.