Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell

1780–1846 (age 66)

Biography

Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell drew together a love of Cornwall and a spirit of travel, writing with keen observation about the antiquities of his home region and the lands he visited abroad.

His accounts preserved local lore while revealing the customs of the Eastern Mediterranean, and Cornish readers treasure his scholarly zeal even as he rests beneath their soil.