George Bullock ( – 1572) was an English

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theologian.

Life

He graduated as a

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at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1538, becoming a fellow. In the reign of

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he spent time in France, at Nevers Abbey. He was Master of St John's College, from 12 May 1554 to 20 July 1559. He became

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in 1556 and graduated Doctor of Divinity in 1557. He was appointed vicar of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in 1556, and later the same year rector of

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. On the accession of

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he was deprived of all his positions, since he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy. He went to Antwerp as a theology lecturer, and died there in October or November 1572.Richard Rex
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'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 14 June 2009 He published ''Oeconomia concordantiarum scripturae sacrae''.

References

1520s births 1572 deaths Year of birth uncertain English Roman Catholics Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Masters of St John's College, Cambridge 16th-century English Roman Catholic theologians Lady Margaret's Professors of Divinity {{England-RC-clergy-stub