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Francis Cunningham
1785–1863
A long-serving Church of England clergyman, he wrote practical religious works shaped by parish life in Lowestoft and by his involvement with the British and Foreign Bible Society. His books range from local spiritual biography to lively religious controversy, giving them a strong sense of place and purpose.
6 Audiobooks
A Dissertation on the Books of Origen against Celsus
by Francis Cunningham
An account of the Death of Philip Jolin who was executed for the murder of his father, in the Island of Jersey, October 3, 1829
by Francis Cunningham
The Pilot's Daughter: an account of Elizabeth Cullingham
by Francis Cunningham
About the author
Born in 1785, Francis Cunningham was an Anglican clergyman who became rector of Pakefield and later vicar of Lowestoft, where he served for many years. Records connected with the National Archives and Trinity College Cambridge identify him as a Church of England clergyman, and local history sources note that he was vicar of Lowestoft for about 45 years.
His writing reflects that ministry. Several of his works are preserved by Project Gutenberg, including The Pilot's Daughter, a devotional life of Elizabeth Cullingham of Lowestoft, and Observations on an Anonymous Pamphlet, a forceful reply in a dispute over support for the British and Foreign Bible Society. That pamphlet names him as secretary of the Lowestoft branch of the society, showing how closely his published work grew out of local church and Bible Society activity.
Cunningham died in 1863. He is remembered less as a literary celebrity than as a committed parish priest whose books open a window onto evangelical religion, local community life, and church debate in early 19th-century England.