Henry Palin Gurney (1847 – 13 August 1904) was a partner with Walter Wren in Wren and Gurney, the London cramming college which successfully tutored candidates for the Civil Service.
After schooling at the City of London School, Gurney went up to Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1870 in the mathematics tripos as the 14th wrangler and fourth in class in the natural sciences tripos.
[4] In 1871 Gurney was ordained as priest by Harold Browne, the bishop of Ely and took up the curacy of Rotherhithe.
[3] In 1877 Gurney entered into the partnership for which he became best known with Walter Wren, forming the tutorial college known as Wren and Gurney which specialised in cramming candidates for civil service examinations.
[6] Gurney was killed in an accident while climbing alone in Arolla on 13 August 1904.