riod he left his native country for the metropolis we have not learnt. But while he was a very young man he was placed under the tuition of Dr. Jennings and Dr. Savage. On the death of the former Mr. Rees became a tutor in mathematics and natural philosophy in the academy at Hoxton, having for his colleague in the same seminary the late Dr. Kippis. In 1785 our author resigned his situation and soon after another institution was formed on the same plan, at Hackney, with the title of the New College, of which Dr. Rees was appointed one of the tutors, but after some time this seminary dwindled to nothing, and the doctor relinquished his share in the concern. The first settlement of the doctor as the pastor of a congregation was at St. Thomas's in Southwark about fifty years ago from thence he was invited to take charge of the meeting in the Old Jewry, and latterly he officiates in a new chapel in Jewin Street. As an author he is known chiefly by his edition of Chambers's Cyclopedia, which began to be published in 1781 and was completed in 1786, in 4 vols. folio. That work having become obsolete, the proprietors engaged in one upon an entire new and most extensive scale, with the doctor's name prefixed to it. The first part of this dictionary of the sciences, which will surpass the famous one published in France, appeared in quarto in 1802, and it is still in progress. The doctor has also printed the following pieces, which do great credit to his judgment as a scholar and di vine: A Sermon on the Obligation and Importance of Searching the Scriptures, 8vo.-The Advantages of Knowledge, a Sermon preached before the Supporters of the New College at Hackney, 8vo. 1788.-A Funeral Ser. mon on the Death of the Rev. Robert Robinson, of Cambridge, 8vo.—Another on Dr. Kippis, 8vo.-A Sermon on the Death of Dr. Roger Flexman, at Rother bithe, 8vo.-Economy illustrated and recommended in two Sermons, 8vo. 1800.-Practical Sermons, 2 v. 8vo. 1809; 2nd edit, 1812. The Obligation and Uti. lity of Public Worship, a discourse on the opening of the Old Jewry Chapel in Jewin Street, 8vo. 1809.The Principles of Protestant Dissenters stated and vindicated, 8vo. 1813. REES, GEORGE, M.D. Member of the Royal Coll. of Physicians, and senior Physician to the London Dispensary. He is the author of, A Treatise on the primary Symptoms of Lues Venerea, with a concise account of the English Writers on that Subject, 8vo. 1802.—Treatise on Diseases of the Ute rus, 8vo. 1805.-Observations on Spasms of the Sto mach, 8vo. 1810. 2d edit. 1811.-A Treatise on Ha. moptosis or Spitting of Blood, 8vo. 1813, Lit. Cal. REES, JOHN FREDERICK. The Art and Mystery of a Cordwainer, or an Essay on Boot and Shoe-making, 12mo. 1813. Abraham Rees, was originally brought REES, Rev. THOMAS, Nephew of Dr. up to the business of a bookseller, but having a strong inclination to the ministry, he was enabled by his uncle's patronage to pursue his studies for that purpose. He now officiates among the Unitarians at Hackney, and has published': A New System of Stenography, 8vo. 1795.-The Duty of Christians to partake of the Afflictions of the Gospel, a discourse delivered at Portsmouth, 8vo. 1811.-A Sermon preached at Newington Green on the death of Mr. J. Lee, 8vo. 1812. REES, WILLIAM JENKINS, M.A. was born at Landovery in Carmarthenshire in 1772. He commenced his education at the school of his native town, and removed to that of Carmarthen then kept by Mr. Barker. In 1791 he entered of Wadham College, Oxford, was admitted to the degree of B.A. in 1795, and to that of M.A. in 1797. He was ordained by the late Bishop Butler of Hereford, on the curacy of Stoke Edith and Westside in that diocese. In 1807 Bishop Burgess collated him to the rectory of Cascob in the county of Radnor where he now resides. He has published: A Short and Practical Account of the Principal Doc trines of Christianity, 12mo. 1803.-The Hereford Guide, 12mo. (anonymous)-Clerical Elocution, or an Essay on the Delivery of Sermons, 12mo. 1809.The Necessity of Attention in a Christian Minister to his Duties, a sermon preached at Brecknock at the Visitation of the Bishop of St. David's, 12mo. 1811.— Unconditional Election, and its dependent Doctrines disproved, being an abridgement of Whitby on the Five Points. This also was anonymous. REEVE, Mrs. The Flowers at Court, a poem, 12mo. 1809. The Mysterious Wanderer, nov. 3 v. 12mo. 1807. REEVES, JOHN, Esq. F.R.S. This gentleman was born about the year 1753, and educated at Eton, from whence he went to Merton College, Oxford, but after taking his Bachelor's degree there he obtained a fellowship at Queen's, and took his Master's degree in 1778. Having adopted the law as his profession, he was called to the bar in 1780, and soon after was appointed a commissioner of bankrupts. In 1791 he was constituted Chief Justice of Newfoundland, from which place he returned the following year, and has since held the appointments of Law Clerk to the Board of Trade and Plantations, joint Printer to his Majesty, and Superintendant of the Alien Office. He rendered his country 20 essential service in 1792 by convening An Inquiry into the Nature of Property and Estates Legal Considerations on the Regency, so far as regards Ireland, avo. 1789.-The Law of Shipping and the Government of Newfoundland, 8vo. 1793.-The Malecontent, a Letter to Francis Plowden, Esq. 8vo. 1794.-The Grounds of Aldermen Wilkes and Boy. Navigation, 8vo. 1792; 2nd edit. 1807.-History of dell's proposed Petition for Peace, examined and refuted, 8vo. 1795 -Thoughts on the English Government, 8vo. 1795-1799-Considerations on the Coronation Oath, 8vo. 2nd edit. 1801.-A Collation of the Hebrew and Greek Texts of the Psalms, 8vo. 1800.→ The Book of Common Prayer, with Preface and Notes, 8vo. 1801.-The Holy Bible, printed in a new manner, with Notes, 10 v. 8vo. 1802.-The Book of Com. mon Prayer, with Observations on the Services, &c. 8vo. 1801.-A Greek Testament, 12mo. 1803.-Psalte rium Ecclesie Anglican Hebraicum, 12mo. 1804.Proposal for a Bible Society on a New Plan, 8vo. 1805.-Observations on what is called the Catholic Bill, 8vo. 1807. REID, DENNIS, Esq. of the island of Jamaica, and the author of a tract entitled, Address to every Class of British Subjects on the Abo object, 8vo. 1802. lition of the Sive Trade, with a New Plan for that REID, JOHN, M.D. late Senior Physician to the Finsbury Dispensary, and at present resident in Grenville Street, Brunswick Square. This respectable and ingenious practitioner is a native of Leicester, where his family have long been settled in great repute. He was, we believe, intended for the ministry among the Protestant Dissenters, but an inclination to the study of medicine overruled that intention, and, with the particular encouragement of the late Dr. Pulteney, he pursued that object with great diligence and advantage at Edinburgh. On taking his degree, he settled in London, and obtained the appointment of Physician to the Finsbury Dispensary, a very honorable but laborious situation, which he resigned after holding it for several years. Dr. Reid is well known as a popular lecturer on the theory and practice the state of diseases in the Monthly Ma of medicine; and also as the reporter of gazine, which department he undertook after it had been conducted through three these reports, which would make an inor four volumes by Dr. Willan. Besides teresting volume if collected and enlarged, the Dr. has printed, An Account of the Savage Youth of Avignon, trans lated from the French, 12mo. 1801-A Treatise on the Origin, Progress, and Treatment, of Consumption, 8vo. 1806. REID, PETER, M.D. A Letter on the Study of Medicine and the Medical 8vo. 1810. REID, WILLIAM HAMILTON, a literary adventurer, newspaper reporter, and teacher of languages, in the metropolis. He commenced his career about thirty years ago, as a poetical contributor to various magazines, and on the French Miscellaneous Poems, 8vo.---The Rise and Dissolution of the Infidel Societies, in this Metropolis, 8vo. 1800. selected from the Writings of the late Dr. Paley, 12mo. 1810-Memoirs of the Public Life of John Horne Tooke, Esq. 12mo. 1812. -Memoirs of Colonel Wardle, 12mo. 1809 - Beauties RELHAN, RICHARD, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. and Rector of Hemingby in Lincolnshire, to which he was presented in 1776, by the Society of King's College, Cambridge, of which he was at that time Fellow. He has published, Flora Cantabrigiensis, 8vo. 1785; Supplement I. and II. to the preceding, 1786, 1788; Supplement III. 8vo. 1793; 2nd edition, 1802.-Tacitus de Moribus Germanorum, et de Vita Agricolæ, 8vo. 1809. revolution breaking out, he became a zea- he continues to reside in the possession lous advocate of the republican doctrines, also of a paternal estate. Mr. R. is a with no small tinge of infidelity. After scholar of first rate eminence, and has some time, however, he wavered, and, printed some erudite pieces of criticism for a short space, was such a determined in the Orthodox Churchman's Magazine. friend to orthodoxy, that the late Bishop Separately, he is the author of, of London, Dr. Porteus, it is said, offer- The History of that Inimitable Monarch, Tiberius, ed him ordination, which he strangely royal 8vo. 1815. enough declined. After editing for a lit- RENNELL, JAMES, Esq. F.R.S. This tle while a periodical work devoted exclu- gentleman was born in 1742, at Chudsively to the support of the church esta- leigh in Devonshire, where his family blishment, he avowed himself an Unita- have enjoyed a good estate almost ever rian, and printed a recantation of what he since the conquest. He received his terms his old errors. This versatile cha- education at a grammar school in the racter has published, with his name, the neighbourhood, and at the age of fifteen, following pieces : entered into the naval service as a midshipman. In the seven years' war, he distinguished himself by his enterprising Spirit, particularly at the siege of Pondicherry. In 1766, by the advice of a friend who possessed great interest in the India House, he quitted the navy and entered into the Company's military service, in which he acted as an officer of engineers. It was while he was thus employed, that he first appeared before the world in the character of an author, by publishing a Chart of the Bank and Current of Cape Lagullas; for which he was appointed surveyor general of Bengal. He soon after published his Bengal Atlas, which was followed by an Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Rivers. This last appeared in the Philosophical Transactions, and gained the author so much reputation, that he was unanimously elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. While in the East, Major Rennell married Miss Thackeray, one of the daughters of Dr. Thackeray, formerly head-master of Harrow School. On his return to England, about the year 1782, he published his celebrated Memoir of a Map of Hindostan, which procured him the friendship and correspondence of the most learned men in Europe. When the Asiatic Society was formed, the Major became a warm friend and contributor to it: though some of his most valuable communications are not marked with his name. In 1798, he assisted the late lamented Mungo Park, in the arrange ment of his travels, and he also rendered essential service to the African AssociaRENDLE, JOHN, M.A. Rector of Wide- tion, by correcting the geography of that combe in the Moor, Devonshire. He interesting, but little known part of the was educated at Tiverton School, and globe. The great work of Dr. Vincent on elected to a scholarship in Sidney Sussex the voyage of Nearchus, as well as that College, Cambridge. On taking orders, on the Periplus, received considerable he obtained his present preferment, where illustration from this acute and intelli REMMET, ROBERT BUTLER, M.D. an eminent physician at Plymouth, where he has filled the office of Mayor, and is now in the commission of the peace. Besides some communications in the Edinburgh Medical Commentaries, he has printed, Dissertatio de Opii usu in Morbis Inflammatoriis, Edinb. 8vo. 1774. RENDER, Rev. WILLIAM, D.D. a native of Germany, and teacher of languages in the city of London. He has published, Count Beuyowsky, a play, translated from the German of Kotzebue, 8vo. 1798.--The Sorrows of Werter, er. 8vo. 1800-The Robbers, Don Carlos, and Mary Stuart, from Schiller, 8vo.—A Complete Analysis of the German Language, 8vo. 1804.-Grammar of the Ger man and English Languages, 12mo. 1804.-Recreations in English and French, and in English and German, 12mo. 1806-Pocket Dictionary of the English and German Languages, 12mo. 1806.-Tour through Germany, 2 v. 8vo.-German Calligraphy; or specimens of German writing, 4to.-Sketches in English, French, and German, 12mo. 1808.-Exercises to facilitate the Acquisition of the German Language, 2nd edition 12mo. |