Kippis

Kippis, ANDREW, D.D., F.R.S. (1725-95), born at Nottingham, studied at Northampton under Dr Doddridge, and from 1753 was minister of a dissenting congregation in Westminster. He wrote much for the magazines, helped to found the Annual Register, edited Lardner's works (11 vols.), wrote Lives of the four Earls of Shaftesbury and Dr Doddridge, and edited the new edition of the Biographia Britannica (5 vols. folio, unfinished, 1778-93).