Baker, Sir Richard (c. 1568–1645), religious writer and historian, was born at Sissinghurst, Kent, the elder son of John Baker (b. in or before 1531, d. 1604×6), MP in 1554–5 and lawyer, and Catherine, daughter of Reginald Scott, of Scots Hall, Ashford, Kent...
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Baker, Sir Richard (c. 1568–1645), religious writer and historian
G. H. Martin
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Best, Paul (1590–1657), scholar and religious writer
Stephen D. Snobelen
Best, Paul (1590–1657), scholar and religious writer, was born in 1590 (before 12 August) probably at Hutton Cranswick, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, the first of the six children of James Best (d. 1617), yeoman farmer, and his first wife, Dorothy (...
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Broughton, Hugh (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist
G. Lloyd Jones
Broughton, Hugh (1549–1612), divine and Hebraist, was born in Oldbury, Shropshire, the son of Robert Broughton of Broughton, Shropshire. He referred to himself as of Welsh descent but nothing more certain is known. He received his early education from Bernard Gilpin, who prepared him for university and sent him to ...
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Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine
R. W. Serjeantson
Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine, was born on 14 August 1599 in Geneva, the tenth of the seventeen children of Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614), classical scholar and church historian, and his second wife, Florence (1568?–1636), daughter of Henri Estienne. Meric was the most scholarly of ...
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Crake, Augustine David (1836–1890), religious writer and schoolmaster
Thomas Seccombe
revised by Nilanjana Banerji
Crake, Augustine David (1836–1890), religious writer and schoolmaster, the eldest son of Jesse Crake, was born on 1 October 1836 at Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, where his father kept a 'middle-class school'. He broke away from the strong Calvinistic surroundings amid which he had been brought up and was baptized into the ...
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Hartley, Thomas (1708/9–1784), religious writer and translator
Alexander Gordon
revised by Jon Mee
Hartley, Thomas (1708/9–1784), religious writer and translator, son of Robert Hartley, a London bookseller, was born in London. He was educated at Mr Tower's school in Kendal, and at the age of sixteen was admitted on 10 May 1725 as a subsizar at ...
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Jones, Richard (1603–1673), schoolmaster and translator of religious texts
Nicholas Keene
Jones, Richard (1603–1673), schoolmaster and translator of religious texts, was the son of John Lewis of Llansannan, Denbighshire. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, on 18 March 1625, and graduated BA in February 1629 and MA in June 1633. During the Commonwealth he became an itinerant minister. At some time before February 1657 he was appointed schoolmaster at ...
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Mocket, Richard (1577–1618), writer on religion and college head
Bertha Porter
revised by Glenn Burgess
Mocket, Richard (1577–1618), writer on religion and college head, was born at Dorchester in Dorset. He graduated BA from Brasenose College, Oxford, on 16 February 1596, and was elected fellow of All Souls in 1598, proceeding MA on 5 April 1600, BD on 23 April 1607, and DD on 26 July 1609. ...
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Pound, William (bap. 1807, d. 1881), headmaster and religious writer
Arthur Burns
Pound, William (bap. 1807, d. 1881), headmaster and religious writer, was the son of Matthew Pound, gentleman. A William Pound, son of Matthew Pound and his wife, Sarah, was baptized at Great Stanmore, Middlesex, on 18 March 1807. After attending Grantham School, Pound...
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Renouf, Sir Peter Le Page (1822–1897), Egyptologist and religious writer
Josef L. Altholz
Renouf, Sir Peter Le Page (1822–1897), Egyptologist and religious writer, was born on 23 August 1822 at St Peter Port, Guernsey, the son of Joseph Renouf, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Le Page. He was educated from 1831 at Elizabeth College, Guernsey...
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Roberts, R. (c. 1728–1788), translator and sermon writer
Arthur Sherbo
Roberts, R. (c. 1728–1788), translator and sermon writer, was the daughter of William Roberts, of Bristol, earlier possessor of the manor of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. William Hayward Roberts, a kinsman, was made a freeman of the city of Gloucester on 21 March 1761 and is described as '...
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Strachey, Sir Edward, third baronet (1812–1901), religious and philosophical writer
William Hunt
revised by R. S. Simpson
Strachey, Sir Edward, third baronet (1812–1901), religious and philosophical writer, was born on 12 August 1812 at Sutton Court, Pensford, near Bristol, Somerset, the son of Edward Strachey [see below] and his wife, Julia Woodburn (1789/90–1846), daughter of Colonel William Kirkpatrick...
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Tymme, Thomas (d. 1620), translator and devotional writer
T. P. J. Edlin
Tymme, Thomas (d. 1620), translator and devotional writer, of parentage and early education unknown, seems to have studied at Cambridge under Edmund Grindal, later archbishop of Canterbury; although he never graduated, he referred in the preface to his 1577 translation of John Calvin's...
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Vaughan, Henry (1621–1695), writer and translator of devotional works
Alan Rudrum
Vaughan, Henry (1621–1695), writer and translator of devotional works, was born at Newton by Usk in the parish of Llansanffraid (St Bridget's), Brecknockshire, the eldest known child of Thomas Vaughan (c.1586–1658), of Tretower, and Denise Jenkin (b. c.1593), only daughter and heir of ...
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Véron, Jean (d. 1563), religious writer and translator and Church of England clergyman
Carrie Euler
Véron, Jean (d. 1563), religious writer and translator and Church of England clergyman, was probably born at or near Sens, for he called himself 'senonoys'; nothing is known about his date of birth or about his family or private life. No record of ...
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Wharton, John (fl. 1575–1578), religious writer and schoolmaster
E. I. Carlyle
revised by Stephen Wright
Wharton, John (fl. 1575–1578), religious writer and schoolmaster, appears to have lived in London. He signed the preface to A misticall devise of the spiritual and godly love betwene Christ the spouse, and the church or congregation (1575), attributed on the title-page to ...
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Woodward, Hezekiah (1591/2–1675), educationist and divine
M. Greengrass
Woodward, Hezekiah (1591/2–1675), educationist and divine, was born in Worcestershire, the youngest of nine children. Like most educational reformers, Woodward was critical of his own upbringing. According to the autobiographical details in his 'Of the child's portion' (1640), published in A Sons Patrimony and a Daughters Portion...
