Samuel Tymms

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Samuel Tymms (27 November 1808, Camberwell - 29 April 1871 Lowestoft) was an English antiquarian, topographer, printer and publisher. He started his work in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in the nineteenth century.[1]

Family life[]

Samuel was the son of Thomas Tymms and Eliza Stuart.[2] He married Mary Anne Jugg (1824-1883), of Ely on 10 July 1844. Together they had five children: Edmund Robert (1846-1922), Mary Jane (1849-1925), Edith Anna, Mildred Ann and Samuel.[3][2]

Career[]

Following an early article which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine Tymms moved to Suffolk where he was employed on the , based in Bury St Edmunds. In 1848 he played a major role in founding the Bury and West Suffolk Archaeological Institute of which he was the honorary secretary.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Tymms Samuel: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 Volume 57, Ernest Clarke
  2. ^ a b c Dow, Leslie (1948). "A Short History of the Suffolk Institute of Archeology and Natural History" (PDF). Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute Archeology and Natural History. XXIV (Part 3): 129–143.
  3. ^ "Mary Tymms". www.myheritage.com. MyHeritage Ltd. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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