Ralph Hutchinson (or Huchenson) (1553?–1606) was an English clergyman and academic, President of

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and a translator of the

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Life

He was a younger son of John Hutchinson of London. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford, where he was appointed to a fellowship by Joanna, widow of the founder, Sir Thomas White, in 1570. He graduated B.A. in 1575, and proceeded M.A. in 1578. He took holy orders, and was vicar of Cropthorne,

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, and

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. He was elected President of his college on 9 June 1590, graduated B.D. 6 November 1596, and D.D. in 1602. He was appointed one of the translators in the Second Westminster Company by King James, tasked with the Epistles of the New Testament in June 1604, and died on 16 January 1606. He was buried in the college chapel, where his widow, Mary, placed his effigy in stone.

Family

He married Mary, daughter of his predecessor as President, Francis Willis; their daughter Anne married

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. He had a son, Robert Gentilis, named for

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. It is thought that Anne Whitehead, an early Quaker and writer, was his granddaughter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hutchinson, Ralph 1553 births 1606 deaths 16th-century English Anglican priests People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Presidents of St John's College, Oxford Translators of the King James Version 16th-century English translators