John Timbs

John Timbs
Born (1801-08-17)August 17, 1801
London, United Kingdom
Died March 6, 1875(1875-03-06) (aged 73)
London, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Other names Horace Welby
Occupation Author, Editor, Antiquary
Years active c.1820-1874

John Timbs (/tɪmz/; 17 August 1801 – 6 March 1875) was an English author and antiquary.[1] Some of his work was published under the pseudonym of Horace Welby.

Biography

Timbs was born in 1801 in Clerkenwell, London. He was educated at a private school at Hemel Hempstead. In his sixteenth year he was apprenticed to a druggist and printer at Dorking. He had early shown literary capacity, and when nineteen began to write for the Monthly Magazine. A year later he became secretary to Sir Richard Phillips, its proprietor, and permanently adopted literature as a profession.

He was successively editor of the Mirror of Literature, the Harlequin, The Literary World, and sub-editor of the Illustrated London News. He was also founder and first editor of Year-Book of Science and Art. His published works amounted to more than one hundred and fifty volumes. In 1834 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Burial
  • St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Edenbridge, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England.

Works

Some of these were published under the pseudonym, Horace Welby. His work continued to be re-edited and republished well after his death, .[2]

  • Signs before death, and authenticated apparitions: in one hundred narratives, collected by Horace Welby. 1825
  • Arcana of science and art: or, An annual register of useful inventions and improvements, discoveries and new facts, in mechanics, chemistry, natural history, and social economy; 1828
  • Harlequin. A journal of the drama. 1829
  • Laconics; 1829
  • Literary world: a journal of popular information and entertainment. 1839
  • Table-wit, and after-dinner anecdote. 1840
  • Curiosities of London: exhibiting the most rare and remarkable objects of interest in the metropolis; with nearly Fifty Years' Personal Recollections. 1855
  • Things not generally known, familiarly explained. A book for old and young. 1856
  • Curiosities of history; 1857[3]
  • School-days of eminent men. I. Sketches of the progress of education in England, from the reign of King Alfred to that of Queen Victoria. II. Early lives of celebrated British authors, philosophers and poets, inventors and discoverers, divines, heroes, statesmen &c\. 1858
  • Curiosities of science, 1859
  • Things Not Generally Known, Familiarly Explained, 1859[4]
  • Stories of inventors and discoverers in science and the useful arts. 1860
  • Popular errors explained and illustrated. 1862
  • Century of anecdote from 1760 to 1860. 1864
  • Romance of London. Supernatural stories, sights and shows, strange adventures, and remarkable persons. 1865
  • Something for everybody; and a garland for the year. 1866
  • Club life of London, 1866
  • English Eccentrics and Eccentricities. 1866, in two volumes
  • Mysteries of life, death, and futurity: 1868
  • Mountain adventures in the various countries of the world. 1869
  • Wonderful inventions: from the mariner's compass to the electric telegraph cable. 1870
  • Abbeys, castles, and ancient halls of England and Wales; 1872
  • Thoughts for times and seasons. 1872
  • Doctors and patients; 1873[5]

References

  1. ↑ Wikisource Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Timbs, John". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ Library of Congress catalog
  3. ↑ Curiosities of London (1855), books.google.com, accessed 10 March 2009
  4. ↑ Ross, Greg (8 March 2013). "'How to Roast a Pound of Butter'". Futility Closet.
  5. ↑  "Timbs, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  • Works by John Timbs at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about John Timbs at Internet Archive
  •  "Timbs, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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