Lancelot Andrewes

Lancelot Andrewes

translator
theologian
Anglican priest
Bible translator
🇬🇧United Kingdom
✝️Anglicanism

Lancelot Andrewes 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 Chichester, of Ely, and of Winchester and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible. In the Church of England he is commemorated on 25 September with a lesser festival.

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1555 – 1626
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Born in
London
Educated at
Pembroke College

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  • 1555

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  • 1626

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