Roger Andrewes (sometimes Andrews; 1574–1635) was an English churchman and academic,
archdeacon and Chancellor at
Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in West Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of ...
in the
English Church. He was also a scholar, a Fellow of
Pembroke Hall and was, in 1618, made
Master
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Ranks or titles
* Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans
*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
of
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...
.
He was the younger brother of the scholar and cleric
Lancelot Andrewes
Lancelot Andrewes (155525 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chi ...
and, like his brother, served as a translator for the
King James Version of the Bible.
He was the incumbent of many church parishes during his life, including
Cocking in West Sussex from September 1606 to July 1609.
References
Bibliography
*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)
*Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins
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BiographyClerical career
1574 births
1635 deaths
Translators of the King James Version
Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge
Masters of Jesus College, Cambridge
Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Chichester
16th-century English Anglican priests
17th-century English Anglican priests
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
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