John Overall (Bishop)

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John Overall (1559—1619) was Bishop of Norwich, England from 1618 until his death one year later. He had previously served as Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield (from 1614), as Dean of St Pauls Cathedral from 1601, as Master of Catharine Hall (under protest) from 1598, and as Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University from 1596. He also served on the Court of High Commission and as a Translator (in the First Westminster Company) of the King James Version of the Bible.

Overall was born in Hadleigh, Essex and studied at St John's College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He is buried within Norwich Cathedral.

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  • McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
  • Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
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NAME Overall, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Norwich
DATE OF BIRTH 1559
PLACE OF BIRTH Hadleigh, Essex, England
DATE OF DEATH 1619
PLACE OF DEATH Norwich, England
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