Alexander Huish (1594?–1668) was an English cleric, academic and biblical scholar.

Life

He was the son of John Hewish or Huish, born in the parish of St. Cuthbert,

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, in 1594 or 1595. He entered

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, in 1609, from which he was invited in 1613 by

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, the foundress of

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, to be one of the original scholars of the new college. On 10 February 1614 he was admitted B.A., the first of the college to graduate. On 27 June 1614 Huish was recommended for election to the fellowship by the foundress, and was admitted 30 June 1615. He proceeded M.A. on 17 December 1616, and B.D. on 2 June 1627. He held various college offices, and resigned his fellowship 28 June 1629. Huish was appointed a prebendary of Wedmore Secunda in

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on 26 October 1627, was given the rectory of

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, Somerset, on 21 December 1628, and that of Hornblotton in the same county on 6 February 1638. He had trouble with his congregation when he implemented ritual changes in line with

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, from 1634–5 when his diocesan bishop

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attempted to impose uniformity. Opposition was fomented by John Ashe, and disorders occurred that became known as the "Beckington riots". When the inhabitants of Beckington petitioned parliament about his innovations in the services, he was arrested as a delinquent in 1640, and was at one time imprisoned at Chalfield, near Bradford, Wiltshire. He was formally dispossessed of Beckington in 1650, when John After took possession. At the

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of 1660, Huish recovered both his livings, and received in addition, on 12 September 1660, the prebend of Whitelackington in Wells Cathedral. He died in April 1668.

Works

Huish was author of: * ''Lectures upon the Lord's Prayer'', 3 pts., London, 1626. * ', London, 1660. Huish also edited

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's ', 1619. Brian Walton selected him as one of the four correctors of his '' Polyglott Bible'' while in the press. Huish worked on the

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, the Greek text of the New Testament, and the

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. He collated the

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. In the final volume (vi.) Huish wrote, according to Anthony Wood, "A Greek Hymn with the Latin to it". He also had a poem in the ''Oxford Verses'' on the death of

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, and contributed to the ''Ultima Lima Savilii'', 1622.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Huish, Alexander 1594 births 1668 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford British biblical scholars Year of birth uncertain People from Wells, Somerset Alumni of Magdalen Hall, Oxford Anglican biblical scholars