Robert Scott (c. 1569 – 1620) was an English churchman and academic, Master of

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and Dean of Rochester.

Life

He was baptized in 1569 at

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, and matriculated as sizar at

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in 1588. He graduated B.A. in 1592, and M.A. from Clare College in 1595. He reportedly had been a Fellow of

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. He was sub-almoner to King James at the time of his election in 1612 as Master of Clare.John Reynolds Wardale, ''Clare College'' (1899), p. 98. He proceeded D.D. in 1613. In 1615 he was appointed Dean of Rochester, and he served as Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge for 1619-20 . He died in London, on 21 December 1620 and was buried at Barnston.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Robert 1569 births 1620 deaths 16th-century English clergy 17th-century English clergy Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Deans of Rochester Masters of Clare College, Cambridge People from Uttlesford (district) Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge