Dymond, Jonathan

Dymond, Jonathan a noted English moralist, was born at Exeter in 1796, and became a member of the Society of Friends. He was a linendryper. In 1823 he published An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity. He died May 6, 1828. In 1829 his Essay on the Principles of Morality and on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of Mankind was published (2 volumes, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.