John Duport (died 1617) was an

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scholar and translator. Dr John Duport was born in

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in Leicestershire. He was educated at

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, where he became a Fellow in 1574. In 1583 he became rector of Fulham, and in 1585 precentor of St Paul's Cathedral. In 1590 he was appointed Master of Jesus College. He served as Director of the "Second Cambridge Company" charged by

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with translating parts the

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for the King James Version of the Bible.

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. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins In 1609 he added the

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of Ely to his income. Duport married Rachel Cox, daughter of Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely. Their son,

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, a child when John Duport died, also became a scholar, and Master of

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