The history and antiquities of Boston, and the villages of Skirbeck, Fishtoft, Freiston, Butterwick, Benington, Leverton, Leake, and Wrangle; comprising the hundred of Skirbeck, in the county of Lincoln. Including also a history of the East, West, and Wildmore fens, and copious notices of the Holland or Haut-Huntre fen ... sketches of the geology, natural history, botany, and agriculture of the district; a very extensive collection of archaisms and provincial words, local dialect, phrases, proverbs, omens, superstitions, etc. By Pishey Thompson. Illustrated with one hundred engravings.

448 DR. ANDREW KIPPIS.
pastoral charge of a congregation at Dorking in Surrey. In 1753, he was
chosen minister to the congregation meeting in Princes Street, Westminster;
and on the 21st of September in that year, he married Elizabeth, daughter of
Mr. Isaac Bott, a merchant of Boston, and fixed his residence in Westminster.
He received the degree of D.D. from the University of Edinburgh, in June 1767,
on the unsolicited recommendation of Professor Robertson; and was elected
F.S.A. March 19th, 1778, and F.R.S. June 17th, 1779, and had the honour
of being appointed on the Councils of both Societies for two successive years.
"Dr. Kippis was troubled for more than thirty years of his life with a continued
cough, and often predicted that when it ceased he should soon depart."' In
the autumn of 1795, he visited Mr. William Smith, of Parndon in Essex, in
company with Mrs. Barbauld and other friends, and returned home unwell.
He did not live more than a fortnight after his return, dying on the 8th of
October, in the seventy-first year of his age. He was interred in the Dissenters'
burying-ground in Bunhill Fields on the 15th of that month. In private life
Dr. Kippis was distinguished by the virtues and accomplishments which constitute its dignity and ornament. His suavity of manners and gentleness of
behaviour were peculiarly attractive, whilst his knowledge of the world, of men,
and of books, rendered his conversation at once interesting and instructive.
His temper was mild, and his disposition liberal and disinterested. As a minister
he was distinguished for his profound theological knowledge, and the happy
manner in which he employed it, for the improvement of his hearers. His
sermons were remarkable for perspicuity, elegance, and energy, and his elocution was unaffectedly impressive.
Dr. Kippis' literary productions were numerous and varied; all designed for
extensive and important services in the promotion of the best interests of mankind. Religion, literature, and science, all received essential advantages from
the exercise of his talents. The work which, next to the studies immediately
connected with his duties as a Christian minister, engaged his principal attention,
was the "Biographia Britannica." This great national publication has given
him a high position among the literati of England, and will carry down his
name with distinguished reputation to posterity.
A Mr. Andrew Kippis died in Boston in 1732; his wife Eliza had previously
died in 1724; their son William was baptised in 1701. There was also a Mr.
Benjamin Kippis living at Kirton in 1778.
1 Gentleman's Magazine, in an obituary article, November 1795.