Biography
John Cripps Pembrey Jnr was born in Oxford, son of John Cripps Pembrey Snr and Sophia Wells. He married Annie Coster Tanner in 1863 and they went on to have seven children, one of whom, Marcus Seymour Pembrey, became a notable lecturer and researcher in physiology and a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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| Name | Pembrey, John Cripps, Jr |
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| Date of birth | 28 December 1831 |
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| Date of death | 1 May 1918 |
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