The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Penn, Granville

PENN, Granville, an English author, born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9, 1761, died at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire, Sept. 28, 1844. He was the grandson of William Penn, served for a time as clerk in the British war office, and in 1834 came into possession of the family estates. He wrote "Critical Remarks on Isaiah vii. 18" (1799); "Remarks on the Eastern Origination of Mankind, and of the Arts of Cultivated Life" (1799); "A Comparative Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaic Genealogies" (1822); "Memorials of the Professional Life and Times of Admiral Sir William Penn" (2 vols., 1833); and many other works, the most important being a translation of the New Testament with annotations, entitled "The Book of the New Covenant" (3 vols., London, 1836-'8).