John Spenser

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other people named John Spenser, see John Spenser (disambiguation).

John Spenser (1559–1614) was an English academic, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Life

He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford.

After graduating he became Greek reader in Corpus Christi College, and held that office for ten years, resigning in 1588. He then left Oxford and held successively the livings of Aveley, Essex (1589–1592), Ardleigh, Essex (1592–1594), Faversham, Kent (1594–1599), and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate London (1599–1614). He was also presented to the living of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, in 1592.

In 1607 he was appointed president of Corpus Christi College.

Works

After the death of his friend Richard Hooker he edited the first five books of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politie (London, 1604). The introduction to that work and A Sermon at Paule's Crosse on Esay V., 2, 3 (London, 1615) are his only published writings. He was also one of the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible, serving on the New Testament committee.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

Academic offices
Preceded by John Rainolds	President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford 1607–1614	Succeeded by Thomas Anyan

Authority control	VIAF: 4491824

Persondata
Name	Spenser
Alternative names
Short description	English Bible translator
Date of birth	1559
Place of birth
Date of death	1614
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.