Joseph Ivimey
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Joseph Ivimey (1773–1834) was an English
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He was the eldest of eight children of Charles Ivimey (died 24 October 1820), a tailor, by his wife Sarah Tilly (died 1830), and was born at
Ivimey became a tailor at
From 1812 Ivimey acted on the committee of the
Ivimey opposed
Ivimey died on 8 February 1834, and was buried on 15 February at Bunhill Fields. A tablet to his memory was placed in the boys' schoolroom at Eagle Street.[1]
Works
Ivimey was a prolific writer. His History of the English Baptists was projected in 1809, primarily with a biographical aim. The work swelled to four volumes (1811–30). George Gould criticised its accuracy, except where Ivimey followed Thomas Crosby.[1]
Other publications were:[1]
- The History of Hannah, 1808.
- A Brief Sketch of the History of Dissenters, 1810.
- A Plea for the Protestant Canon of Scripture, 1825.
- The Life of Mr. John Bunyan, 1825.
- Communion at the Lord's Table, 1826 (against open communion, in reply to Robert Hall).
- Pilgrims of the Nineteenth Century, 1827, intended as a continuation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
- Letters on the Serampore Controversy, 1831.
- The Triumph of the Bible in Ireland, 1832.
- The utter Extinction of Slavery, 1832.
His John Milton; his Life and Times, 1833 was announced as a corrective to previous opinions.
Ivimey wrote also many single sermons and tracts, including funeral sermons for William Button and Daniel Humphrey (both 1821); memoirs of Caleb Vernon (1811), William Fox of the Sunday School Society (1831), and William Kiffin (1833); and anti-papal pamphlets (1819, 1828, 1829). He contributed to the Baptist Magazine from 1809, generally as "Iota"; from 1812 he was one of the editors. He edited, among other works, the 4th edition, 1827, of Persecution for Religion, by Thomas Helwys, originally published 1615; Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress with notes, 1821, and the 1692 Life of John Bunyan, 1832.[1]
Family
Ivimey married, first, on 7 July 1795, Sarah Bramble (died 1806), by whom he had two sons and four daughters: a son and daughter survived him; secondly, on 7 January 1808, Anne Price (died 2 January 1820), a widow (whose maiden name was Spence) with three children; by her he had no issue.[1]
His nephew Joseph Ivimey (1845–1897) was the father of John Ivimey (1868–1961) an organist and composer.
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ISBN 978-0-567-65538-7.
- ISBN 978-0-271-02827-9.
- ISBN 978-0-271-02827-9.
- ISBN 978-0-271-02827-9.
- ^ Joseph Ivimey, John Milton: his life and times, religious and political opinions. With an appendix, containing animadversions upon Dr. Johnson's Life of Milton, etc., etc. (1833) p. 382; archive.org.
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- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Ivimey, Joseph". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.