Jeremiah Radcliffe
Jeremiah Radcliffe (died 1612) was an English priest, scholar and translator.
Radcliffe was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of Trinity in 1572.[1] He served as Vicar of Evesham from 1588 and Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire from 1590. From 1597 to 1611 he was Vice-Master of Trinity College.[1] He also served in the "Second Cambridge Company" charged by James I of England with translating the Apocrypha for the King James Version of the Bible.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Radcliffe, Jeremiah (RDCF567J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
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