Timothy Bevan (apothecary)
Timothy Bevan (1704–1786) was a British apothecary and pharmacist.
Timothy Bevan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1704 |
| Died | 1786 |
| Occupation | Apothecary, pharmacist |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Barclay |
| Children | Silvanus Bevan Joseph Gurney Bevan |
| Parent(s) | Silvanus Bevan Jane Phillips |
| Relatives | Silvanus Bevan (brother) David Bevan (grandson) Robert Cooper Lee Bevan (great-grandson) |
Early life
Timothy Bevan was born in 1704.[1] He was the son of Silvanus Bevan (1661–1727).[1] He was the younger brother of Silvanus Bevan FRS (1691–1765).[1][2]
Career
Bevan was an apothecary and pharmacist.[1] With his brother, he had a shop at the Plough Court on Lombard Street, London.[2]
Personal life
He married Elizabeth Barclay (1714–1745).[1] Their son Silvanus Bevan (1743–1830) was a British banker.[1] Their son Joseph Gurney Bevan (1753–1814) was a writer of Quaker apologetical works.[1]
During the mid-18th century, he hired the English educator and Quaker Robert Proud to tutor his children. Proud would later go on to write a history of the Province of Pennsylvania (also known as the Pennsylvania Colony).[3]
Death
He died in 1786.[1]
References
- "More about the Bevans". Regency Town House. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- Myers, Joanna Shaw (Fall 1991). "Did Royal Friendship Alter Quaker Influence on English History?". Quaker History. 80 (2): 100–107. doi:10.1353/qkh.1991.0001. JSTOR 41947734. S2CID 162385693.
- Powell, J. H. “Robert Proud, Pennsylvania’s First Historian”, in Pennsylvania History, Vol. XIII, No. 2, April 1946. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Free Library of Pennsylvania, 1946, p. 90 (retrieved online August 4, 2018).