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Richard Thomson, sometimes spelled Thompson, was a Dutch-born English theologian and translator. He was Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge and the translator of Martial's epigrams and among the "First Westminster Company" charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible. He was also known for his intemperance and his doctrinal belief in Arminianism.
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Edward Lively was an English linguist and biblical scholar. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow, He was Regius Professor of Hebrew from 1575 to 1605. His published works include Latin expositions of some of the minor prophets, as well as a work on the chronology of Persian monarchs.
John Richardson was a Biblical scholar and a Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1615 until his death.
Roger Andrewes (1574–1635) was an English churchman and academic, archdeacon and Chancellor at Chichester Cathedral in the English Church. He was also a scholar, a Fellow of Pembroke Hall and was, in 1618, made Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.
Andrew Bing (1574–1652) was an English scholar. He was a fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and succeeded Geoffrey King as Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He served on the "First Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England with translating parts of the Old Testament for the King James Version of the Bible.
John Duport was an English scholar and translator.
William BranthwaiteD.D. was an English scholar and translator.
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- ↑ Roberts, Martin (2014). Defending the Bible against "Christians". WestBow Press. p. 181. ISBN 9781490824086.
- ↑ McClure, Alexander Wilson (1853). The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. C. Scribner. p. 119.
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