Samuel Tymms


Samuel Tymms was an English antiquarian, topographer, printer and publisher. He started his work in Bury [St Edmunds], Suffolk in the nineteenth century.

Family life

Samuel was the son of Thomas Tymms and Eliza Stuart. He married Mary Anne Jugg, of Ely on 10 July 1844. Together they had five children: Edmund Robert, Mary Jane, Edith Anna, Mildred Ann and Samuel.

Career

Following an early article which appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine Tymms moved to Suffolk where he was employed on the Bury Post, based in Bury St Edmunds. In 1848 he played a major role in founding the Bury and [West Suffolk Archaeological Institute] of which he was the honorary secretary.