Richard Amner
Richard Amner (1736–1803) was an English
.Life
Amner was one of several children of Richard and Anne Amner, of
Hampstead, London
, where he began duty the following year, 1765.
In 1777 he left to be pastor at
Gentleman's Magazine
.
George Steevens lived at Hampstead during the twelve years that Amner preached there; and in 1793 (Amner having moved away sixteen years before), when Steevens brought out his renowned edition of Shakespeare, it was found that he had put Amner's name to gross notes to which he was ashamed to put his own. This literary scandal earned much sympathy for Amner in its day. He died 8 June 1803, aged 67.
Works
He published three books whilst at Hampstead:
- A Dissertation on the Weekly Festival of the Christian Church (anonymous), 1768.
- An Account of the Positive Institutions of Christianity, 1774.
- An Essay towards the Interpretation of the Prophecies of Daniel, 1776.
Later he published Considerations on the Doctrines of a Future State, in 1797.
References
. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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