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Richard Brett (1567–1637) was an England, English clergyman and academic. During the translation of the King James Version of the Bible, Brett served in the "First Oxford Company", responsible for the later books of the Old Testament
From a family of Catholic recusant sympathies, Richard was the son of Robert Brett, gent., of Whitestaunton Manor in Somerset. He was born in London. He attended Hertford College, Oxford, Hart Hall, Oxford which he entered as a commoner in 1582. He was appointed Rector of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, in 1595. That same year, he was granted a Fellowship in Lincoln College, Oxford, Lincoln College under Richard Kilby, where he pursued his study of Latin, Greek language, Greek, Aramaic language, Aramaic, Arabic language, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew language, Hebrew, and Ge'ez language, Ge'ez (Ethiopic) tongues. In 1597 he was admitted bachelor of divinity, and he proceeded in divinity in 1605.
He died in Quainton on 5 April 1637, aged 70, and is buried in the chancel of Quainton Church, which he served for 43 years. Over his grave a monument with his effigies and a Latin and English epitaph was erected by his widow. His will was proved in P.C.C. in June 1637. By his wife Alice, daughter of Richard Brown, sometime mayor of Oxford, he left four daughters, of whom Margaret married Calybute Downing in 1627.
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Richard Brett (1567–1637) was an England, English clergyman and academic. During the translation of the King James Version of the Bible, Brett served in the "First Oxford Company", responsible for the later books of the Old Testament
Life
From a family of Catholic recusant sympathies, Richard was the son of Robert Brett, gent., of Whitestaunton Manor in Somerset. He was born in London. He attended Hertford College, Oxford, Hart Hall, Oxford which he entered as a commoner in 1582. He was appointed Rector of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, in 1595. That same year, he was granted a Fellowship in Lincoln College, Oxford, Lincoln College under Richard Kilby, where he pursued his study of Latin, Greek language, Greek, Aramaic language, Aramaic, Arabic language, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew language, Hebrew, and Ge'ez language, Ge'ez (Ethiopic) tongues. In 1597 he was admitted bachelor of divinity, and he proceeded in divinity in 1605.
He died in Quainton on 5 April 1637, aged 70, and is buried in the chancel of Quainton Church, which he served for 43 years. Over his grave a monument with his effigies and a Latin and English epitaph was erected by his widow. His will was proved in P.C.C. in June 1637. By his wife Alice, daughter of Richard Brown, sometime mayor of Oxford, he left four daughters, of whom Margaret married Calybute Downing in 1627.
Works
His scholarly publications were in Latin. *Two translations from Greek into Latin: **''Vitæ sanctorum Evangelistarum Johannis et Lucæ à Simeone Metaphraste concinnatæ'', Oxford, 1597. **''Agatharchidis et Memnonis historicorum quæ supersunt omnia'', Oxford, 1597. *''Iconum sacrarum Decas in quâ è subjectis typis compluscula sanæ doctrinæ capita eruuntur'' (Joseph Barnes, Oxford 1603).Full text (page images) a(open).
References
* McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 ) * Adam Nicolson, Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollinsNotes
Further reading
* Stanley M. Burstein, "Richard Brett," in volume 1 of ''Dictionary of British Classicists,'' ed. Robert Todd et al. (Bristol: Thoemmes, 2004), pp. 104–05. ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Brett, Richard 1567 births 1637 deaths Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford Translators of the King James Version Anglican clergy from London 16th-century English translators 17th-century English translators 16th-century English clergy 17th-century English Anglican priests 17th-century Anglican theologians 16th-century Anglican theologians Greek–Latin translators