Joseph Towers
Joseph Towers (31 March 1737 – 20 May 1799) was an English Dissenter and biographer.
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Life and work
He was born in
Coming to London in 1764, he worked as a journeyman printer, began to write political pamphlets, and set up a bookseller's shop in Fore Street about 1765. Goadby employed him as editor of the British Biography (from the date of John Wycliffe), and the first seven volumes, were compiled by him between 1766 and 1772, on the basis of the Biographia Britannica (1747–1766) but containing much original work, the fruit of research at the British Museum.
In 1774 he gave up business, was ordained as a
He continued to write pamphlets during his lifetime, and a collection was published by subscription, 1796, 8vo, 3 vols. His chief separate work was Memoirs of Frederick the Third of Prussia 1788, 2 vols (on Frederick William II of Prussia, with unconventional regnal numbering). He died on 20 May 1799.
Family
He was married to a relative of
His younger brother was John Towers (1747?–1804), who became an independent minister and pastor of a secession from Jewin Street congregation.
References
- ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Towers, Joseph". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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