Person Rees; Abraham (1743 - 1825) Rees Abraham 1743 - 1825 British Male Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, Wales 1743 1743 Artillery Place, Finsbury, London 09 June 1825 1825 Burial: Bunhill Fields burial ground, London, England

Artillery Place, Finsbury, London

Education: Coward's Academy, Well Close, Cable Street, London; DD (1775, Edinburgh) Career: Assistant Tutor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Coward's Academy (1762); Resident Tutor when the Academy moved to Hoxton (1762- 1785); Tutor in Hebrew and Mathematics, Hackney College (1786-1796); Assistant Independent Congregational Minister, Clapham; Assistant Prebyterian Minister, St Thomas' Southwark (1768); Pastor, St Thomas' Southwark (1774); Pastor, Old Jewry Congregation (1783 to his death); edited the Cyclopaedia of Ephraim Chambers (1778-1786); published 'New Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences' (1802-1820) Memberships: FLS; American Society Son of Lewis Rees and his wife Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry; married, had children Fellow 01/06/1786 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1743 - 9 Jun 1825 NA7265 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes f94f6e15-eaa0-40bd-850c-79908f6b55a8