Timothy Bevan (apothecary)

Timothy Bevan
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)

Timothy Bevan (1704–1786) was a British apothecary and pharmacist.

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]

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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. JSTOR 41947734.
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).

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[RTH-1] "More about the Bevans". Regency Town House. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

[didroyalfriendshipalter-2] Myers, Joanna Shaw (Fall 1991). "Did Royal Friendship Alter Quaker Influence on English History?". Quaker History. 80 (2): 100–107. JSTOR 41947734.

[3] 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).