Abraham Rees

Abraham Rees

Abraham Rees (1743–June 9 1825), compiler of "Rees's Cyclopaedia" (45 vols.), born in Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire; became a tutor at Hoxton Academy, and subsequently ministered in the Unitarian Chapel at Old Jewry for some 40 years.


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