John Eames
John Eames (2 February 1686 – 29 June 1744) was an English Dissenting tutor.
Life
Eames was born in London on 2 February 1686. He was admitted to
dissenting
ministry. He preached only once and seems never to have been ordained.
In 1712
Philosophical Transactions
he was employed in abridging.
Of his theological work nothing remains; on 13 February 1735 he took part with
Roman Catholic priests, at the Bell Tavern in Nicholas Lane. Eames, who was unmarried, died suddenly on 29 June 1744, a few hours after giving his usual lecture. He was buried in Bunhill Fields
burial ground.
Works
He published nothing of his own, but was concerned in the following:
- The Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth made easy (1726), by Isaac Watts, edited by Eames.
- The Philosophical Transactions, from 1719 to 1733, abridged, by John Eames and John Martyn (1734), 2 vols; being vols 6 (in 2 parts) and 7 of the series.
- A General Index of all the matters contained in the seven vols. of the Philosophical Transactions abridged, (1735): (seems to have been the work of Eames and Martyn).
References
- ^ Charles John Robinson (1882). A register of the scholars admitted into Merchant Taylor's School, from A.D. 1562 to 1874. Printed and published for the editor by Farncombe. pp. 337–. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Eames, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Gordon, Alexander; Ruston, Alan (reviewer) (2008) [2004]. "Eames, John (1686–1744)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. . (subscription required)
- Jones, J. A., ed. (1849). Bunhill Memorials: sacred reminiscences of three hundred ministers and other persons of note, who are buried in Bunhill Fields, of every denomination. London: James Paul. p. 340.
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