Joseph Timothy Haydn
Joseph Timothy Haydn (Lisbon, Portugal, 1788 - London, 17 January 1856), was a British journalist and compiler of dictionaries, well known as the author of the Dictionary of Dates, which went through many editions from 1841, and of the Book of Dignities, 1851 (3rd revised edition, 1894).
Joseph Timothy Haydn | |
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| Born | 1788  Lisbon |
| Died | 17 January 1856 (aged 67–68) London |
| Occupation | Writer |
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Career
The Book of Dignities was a modernized form of Robert Beatson's Political Index, but omits the lists of holders of many important offices. He also edited Samuel Lewis' Topographical Dictionaries. His name is used in the "Haydn Series" of dictionaries, which are on the same lines as those he compiled. He does not, however, appear to have taken any part in their actual compilation. They are the Universal Index of Biography, edited by J. B. Payne, 1870; Bible Dictionary, edited by C. Boutell, 1871 (2nd edition, 1878); Dictionary of Popular Medicine and Hygiene, edited by Dr. E. Lankester, 1874 (2nd edition, 1878).
For a short time before his death, aged 69 years,[1] on 18 January 1856, Haydn had been in receipt of a small pension of £25 granted by the government. It was continued to his widow.
He was buried in a common grave (no.7040) on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. His is the first name listed on the nearby Haydn family grave where his wife Mary, sons Henry and Thomas Matthew (who purchased the grave), daughter Kate Maria and her husband Sir Frank Green, 1st Baronet are buried.
References
- Frederick Teague, Cansick (1872). A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, Copied from the Monuments of Distinguished and noted characters in the cemeteries and churches of St Pancras, Middlesex. Soho: J Russell Smith. p. 68. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- Annual Register, 1856, p. 232
- The Times, 19 January 1856
- Gentlemen's Magazine, 1856, i. 542
- Westminster Review, January 1830, p 91
- Frederic Boase. "Haydn, Joseph Timothy" in Modern English Biography. Netherton and Worth. 1892. Volume 1. Page 1879. Google Books
- Bailie, J M (ed). "Haydn, Joseph" in Hamlyn Dictionary of Dates and Anniversaries. Second Revised Edition. 1978. Book Club Associates. London. p 108.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Williams, James (1891). "Haydn, Joseph". In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 25. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 279.
Further reading
- Benjamin Vincent (1910), Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. – via Hathi Trust (+ via Internet Archive)