Introduction

Biography

Francis was the son of Jo­seph Will­iam Thrupp and Ruth Lou­isa Bur­goyne; ne­phew of hymn writ­er Do­ro­thy Ann Thrupp and sculp­tor Fred­er­ick Thrupp; brother of Ade­laide Thrupp; cou­sin of Vice-Ad­mir­al Ar­thur Thom­as Thrupp; and hus­band of Eliz­abeth Bligh Glen­nie, fourth daugh­ter of cler­ic John Da­vid Glen­nie (married 1853).

He was edu­cat­ed at Win­ches­ter Col­lege and Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge, and was vi­car of Barr­ing­ton, near Cam­bridge.

Works

• Ancient Je­ru­sa­lem, with Will­iam Ful­ton Jack­son (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: Mac­mil­lan, 1855)
• An In­tro­duc­tion to the Stu­dy and Use of the Psalms, two vol­umes (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: Mac­mil­lan, 1860)
• The Song of Songs: A Re­vised Trans­la­tion with In­tro­duc­tion and Com­ment­ary (Cam­bridge, Eng­land: Mac­mil­lan, 1862)