Authorised form of name | Rees; Abraham (1743 - 1825) |
Dates | 1743 - 1825 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
Date of birth | 1743 |
Place of death | Artillery Place, Finsbury, London |
Date of death | 09 June 1825 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Bunhill Fields, London |
Activity | 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
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 01/06/1786 |
Relationships | Son of Lewis Rees and his wife Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry; married, had children |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
Code | NA7265 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
IM/003768 | Rees, Abraham | nd |
EC/1778/06 | Rees, Abraham: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
EC/1786/13 | Rees, Abraham: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |