Thomas Comber (author)
Thomas Comber may refer to: * Thomas Comber (dean of Carlisle) (1575–1654) * Thomas Comber (dean of Durham) (1645–1699) * Thomas J. Comber Thomas James Comber (7 November 1852 – 27 June 1887) was a Baptist missionary from England who was active in the Congo region before the Congo Free State was established. Early years Thomas James Comber was born on 7 November 1852 in Claredon S ...

Thomas Comber (dean Of Carlisle)
Thomas Comber (1575 – 28 February 1653) was an English linguist. He was the Dean of Carlisle and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He was born at Shermanbury, Sussex about the end of the sixteenth century, the 12th child of Sir Richard Comber, the Clarenceux King of Arms at the Herald Court. He was educated at Horsham and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an expert linguist fluent in Greek and Latin, and familiar with several other languages. In 1623 on his return from travels on the continent, he was elected King's Chaplain and soon afterwards Dean of Carlisle. In 1631, he was elected Master of Trinity College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. At the outbreak of the English civil war, he sided with the royalists and was hounded by the Puritans, who imprisoned him in 1642 until his death on 28 February 1653. Comber married Susan, a widow and daughter of Freston of Norwich. After Comber's death she married Thomas Sclater Thomas Sclater (c. 1664 – ...
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Thomas Comber (dean Of Durham)
Thomas Comber (1645–1699) was an English churchman, Dean of Durham from 1689. Life From a family at Barkham, Sussex, his father, James Comber, was the fourth son of John Comber, who was uncle to Thomas Comber, Dean of Carlisle. His mother was Mary, daughter of Bryan Burton of Westerham, Kent, and widow of Edward Hampden. Thomas was born at Westerham on 19 March 1645; his father was driven by the war to take refuge in Flanders for four years, during which time his son was left entirely under the care of his mother. His father returned to Westerham in 1649, and in the following year, Comber was placed under the tuition of the Rev. Thomas Walter. He could read and write Greek before he was ten years old. On 18 April 1659, after some changes of school, he was admitted to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, under Edmund Matthews, B.D., senior fellow and president of the college. He studied experimental philosophy, geometry, astronomy, music, painting, and the oriental tongues, beside ...
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