John Harding (died 1610) was an English churchman and academic. He was

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from 1591 to 1598, and President of

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, from 1607. He was also involved in the translation of the

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, becoming leader of the First Oxford Company of translators after the death of John Rainolds.

Life

He was a demy of Magdalen College. He graduated B.A. 1578 and M.A. 1581. He proceeded B.D. 1592, and D.D. 1597. He became a Fellow of Magdalen College, and was proctor in 1589. He was rector of

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, from 1597, and a prebendary of

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from 1604.

Family

He had three sons and four daughters by his wife Isabel (married before, under the name Clarke), including the translator and alchemist John Harding (died 1665), rector of Brinkworth.'' Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Harding, John (bap. 1601, d. 1665), alchemist and translator by Peter K. Benbow.

References

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