William Crowe (1616–1675) was an English clergyman and

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Life

He was born in

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in 1616, and matriculated at the

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as a member of

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on 14 December 1632. On 4 December 1668, he was nominated by Archbishop

Gilbert Sheldon Gilbert Sheldon (19 June 1598 – 9 November 1677) was an English religious leader who served as the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1663 until his death. Early life Sheldon was born in Stanton, Staffordshire in the parish of Ellastone, on 19 ...

chaplain and schoolmaster of the hospital of Holy Trinity at

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, founded by

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. This office he held till 1675, when the following entry appears in the Croydon

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:—' 1675, Ap. 11. William Crow that was school master of the Free School, who hanged himself in the window of one of his chambers in his dwelling house, was buried in the church'.

Works

He published: *'An Exact Collection or Catalogue of our English Writers on the Old and New Testament, either in whole or in part: whether Commentators, Elucidators, Adnotators, or Expositors, at large, or in single sermons,' Lond. 1663, (anon.); the second impression, 'corrected and enlarged with three or four thousand additionals,' Lond. 1668. Anthony Wood states that the

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divine, John Osborne, projected a similar work, and had printed about eight sheets of it, when he was forestalled by Crowe. The work is sometimes called Osborne's, but more generally Crow's Catalogue. It was the precursor of John Cooke's 'Preacher's Assistant.' * 'Elenchus Scriptorum in Sacram Scripturam tam Græcorum quam Latinorum, &c. In quo exhibentur eorum Gens, Patria, Professio, Religio, Librorum Tituli,Volumina, Editiones variæ. Quo tempore claruerint, vel obierint. Elogia item aliquot Virorum clarissimorum. Quibus omnibus præmissa sunt S. Biblia, partesque Bibliorum, variis linguis variis vicibus edita,' Lond. 1672. Dedicated to Archbishop Sheldon, his patron. In this work, Crowe borrowed from

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's 'Treatise of Religion and Learning.'

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowe, William 1616 births 1675 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests English bibliographers Suicides by hanging in Austria