GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2639
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2846)
Name
Obadiah Oddy
Title
Mr.
Gender
Male
Denomination
Presbyterian
Lived
b. d. (old)
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. 260; Michael Hunter, The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment (New Haven, CT and London, 2020), pp. 56-59; Dissenting Academies Online (see link below); Hannah Yip.
Biographical Sources Consulted
Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. 260; Michael Hunter, The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment (New Haven, CT and London, 2020), pp. 56-59; Dissenting Academies Online (see link below)
Other note
Obadiah Oddy was the owner of British Library, Harley MSS 6468-6478. He taught at Thomas Goodwin's Academy at Pinner from 1697 until c. 1699. Oddy was later to commit suicide.
Attached URL
http://dissacad.english.qmul.ac.uk/sample1.php?parameter=personretrieve&alpha=1… Dissenting Academies Online entry for Obadiah Oddy.
GEMMS record created
February 15, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024