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Samuel Jebb ( – 9 March 1772) was an English physician, nonjuror and literary scholar.


Life

He was born about 1694, probably at
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,
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, the second son of Samuel Jebb, a maltster, and Elizabeth Gilliver. His eldest brother, Richard, settled in Ireland and was the grandfather of Richard Jebb, an eminent Irish judge, and John Jebb,
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. Another brother, John, became
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, and was father of Dr. John Jebb, the
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. Samuel Jebb was educated at Mansfield grammar school, and became a
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at
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, on 15 June 1709, aged 15. He graduated B.A. in January 1713. He was intended for the established church, but instead joined the
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, being ordained a Deacon in 1716 and a priest in 1718. he later served as a private chaplain to the Cotton family. According to Nichols, he remained at Cambridge at least till 1718. On leaving Cambridge he became librarian to
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in London, and occupied himself with literary work. After the death of Collier, in 1726, on the advice of
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, he went into medicine, attending Mead's private practice, and also learning chemistry and pharmacy from Mr. Dillingham, a well-known apothecary of
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. He took the degree of M.D. at
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on 12 March 1728, and set up in practice as a physician at
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. Successful in following his profession, he continued his literary work. He did not become licentiate of the
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till 25 June 1751. A few years before his death he retired to
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,
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, where he died on 9 March 1772. About 1727 he married a relative of Mrs. Dillingham, the apothecary's wife, and left several children, one of whom was the physician, Sir Richard Jebb.


Works

Jebb's literary productions were mainly editions and translations, and he published no original work on medicine. He is best known for his edition of
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's ''
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'' undertaken at the suggestion of Richard Mead, to whom it is dedicated. It was the first edition of Bacon's work. His major classical work was an edition of the works of
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, the Greek rhetorician. In 1720 he issued proposals for its publication (in 4 vols. ); it ultimately appeared in 2 vols. 4to, with introduction, collation of manuscripts, and notes. Jebb published in 1725 a collection of 16 historical memoirs relating to
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in Latin, French, and Spanish. In the same year he issued, anonymously, ''The History of the Life and Reign of Mary Queen of Scots'', London, 1725, a dry narrative. A similar work, ''The Life of Robert, Earl of Leicester, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth'', London, 1727, is also attributed to him. He edited the posthumous work of
Humphrey Hody Humphrey Hody (1659 – 20 January 1707) was an English scholar and theologian. Life He was born at Odcombe in Somerset in 1659. In 1676 he entered Wadham College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1685. In 1692 he became chaplain to ...
,‘Humph. Hodii de Græcis illustribus linguæ Græcæ … instauratoribus’. with a dissertation on Hody's life and writings, London, 1742. In 1722 Jebb started a classical periodical, ''Bibliotheca Literaria, being a collection of Inscriptions, Medals, Dissertations'', intended to appear every two months. Ten numbers were issued from 1722 to 1724. Jebb's own contributions were anonymous. His other publications were: *A translation of the reply by Daniel Martin, pastor of the French church at Utrecht, to a tract by
Thomas Emlyn Thomas Emlyn (1663–1741) was an English nonconformist divine. Life Emlyn was born at Stamford, Lincolnshire. He served as chaplain to the presbyterian Letitia, countess of Donegal, the daughter of Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet who married (1 ...
on a theological point, Cambridge(?), 1718; London, 1719. *''Sancti Justini Martyris cum Tryphone dialogus, ed. S. J.'', 1719. *''Joannis Caii De Canibus Britannicis, … De Pronunciatione Græcæ et Latinæ linguæ, etc., ed. S. J.'', 1729.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jebb, Samuel 1694 births 1772 deaths 18th-century English medical doctors