Francis Burleigh, sometimes spelled Burghley, was born in London around 1552. He studied at
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, then
Queens' College, Cambridge, and finally
Pembroke College, Cambridge. "He graduated B.A. in 1583, proceeded M.A. in 1587 and B.D. in 1594. He eventually became doctor of divinity in 1607 shortly after he had commenced his work on the translation" (http://kingjamesbibletranslators.org/bios/Francis_Burley/).
He was an
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Vicar, appointed in 1590 to
Bishop's Stortford by
Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes (155525 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chi ...
. He was among Andrewes' "First Westminster Company", charged by
James I of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
with the translation of the first 12 books of the
King James Version of the Bible.
References
* McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
* Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins
* http://kingjamesbibletranslators.org/bios/Francis_Burley/
* https://www.amazon.com/King-James-Bible-Translators-Opfell/dp/0899500412
Year of birth uncertain
1550s births
17th-century English Anglican priests
Writers from London
Translators of the King James Version
Year of death unknown
17th-century English translators
16th-century English clergy
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
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