Ibbot Benjamin, Dd

Ibbot Benjamin, D.D.

a learned English divine, born at Beachamwell, Norfolk, in 1680, was educated at Clare Hall and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He became treasurer of Wells Cathedral and rector of St. Vedast, London, in 1708; was some time after appointed rector of St. Pald, Shadwell; chaplain of George I in 1716; and, finally, prebendary of Westminster in 1724. He died April 15, 1725. His principal works are, A Course of Sermons preached for the Boyle Lecture (1713, 1714), in which he refutes the infidel objections of Collins (Lond. 1727, 8vo): — Thirty-six Discourses on practical Subjects (Lond. 1776, 2 vols. 8vo); and a translation of Puffendorf's De Habitu Religionis Christiance ad vitam civilem (1719). See Chalmers, Genesis Biog. Dict.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biogr. Géneralé, 25, 727; Darling, Cyclop. Bibliographica, 2, 1601.