Charles Taylor

Charles Taylor (1756-1823) became well-known for his edition of Calmet’s Great Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1797), which went through numerous English and American editions, including an edition in Charlestown, Massachusetts, printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge, Jr. The work appeared without his name, fearful his nonconformity would damage the volume’s success with academics. Taylor edited two periodicals, the Literary Annual Register and the Literary Panorama, and was honorary librarian to the London Library Society.  He also authored Fragments, being Illustrations of the Manners, Incidents, and Phraseology, of Holy Scripture . . . Intended as a Continued Appendix to Calmet’s Dictionary of the Holy Bible (1799-1803) as well as Concluding Facts and Evidences on the Subject of Baptism (1815). He worshiped in the Independent meeting in Fetter Lane, London. His brother, Isaac Taylor (1759-1829), was an Independent minister and engraver at Colchester (1796-1810) and Ongar (1811-1829).