Benjamin Heath

(1739-1817)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Heath, Benjamin, 1739-1817 NRA: Heath Charles (1785-1848) engraver and publisher LBT ID: BeHeath1817 VIAF ID: 7009495 LOC ID: no98069248	B/BAP: 1739-10-29 DIED: 1817-05-31
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (Supplement to Part I, 1817) 643; Venn; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Benjamin Heath (d. 1766); educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, he was an assistant master at Eton and headmaster at Harrow (1771-85), and rector of Walkerne, Hertfordshire (1781-1817). Like his father, he was a book collector.
REFERENCES TO Benjamin Heath: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. VI. 1771 Found 1: ¶ 4 Ch. IX. 1776-1777 Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 3