John Aikin (Unitarian)
John Aikin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1713 London, England |
| Died | 1780 |
John Aikin (1713–1780) was an English
dissenting academy
.
Life
Aikin was born in 1713 in
D.D.
Returning from Aberdeen, he was ordained, and after a short period of work as Doddridge's assistant, he accepted a
dissenting congregation at Market Harborough. Bad health made him take up teaching; he tutored Thomas Belsham at Kibworth,[2] which lies between Market Harborough and Leicester; other pupils of Aikin were Newcome Cappe (at an earlier period), Thomas Cogan, and Thomas Simpson.[3][4]
At Warrington Academy he was one of the first three tutors in 1757, teaching
Atonement
, concerning which Dr. Aikin held some obscure notions.’
Aikin's health began to fail in 1778; soon afterwards he resigned his tutorship, and died in 1780.
Family
Aikin married Jane, daughter of
Anna Letitia Barbauld, an author and literary critic who published in multiple genres, including poetry, essays, and children's literature
.
Notes
- ^ William Turner (1840). Lives of Eminent Unitarians.
His father was a native of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland, who settled in London as a linen-draper
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Aikin, John (1713-1780)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
