George Abbot | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Canterbury |
| Installed | 4 March 1611 |
| Term ended | 4 August 1633 |
| Predecessor | Richard Bancroft |
| Successor | William Laud |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 3 December 1609 by Richard Bancroft |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1562 |
| Died | 4 August 1633 (aged 70) Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
George Abbot (29 October 1562 – 4 August 1633)[1][a] was an English divine who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633.[3][5][6] He also served as the fourth chancellor of the University of Dublin, from 1612 to 1633.[7]
Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "[a] sincere but narrow-minded Calvinist".[8] Among his five brothers,[3] Robert became Bishop of Salisbury[8] and Maurice became Lord Mayor of London.[9] He was a translator of the King James Version of the Bible.
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- ^ Lee, Sidney (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 5.
- ^ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. George Abbot, pages 120–126
- ^ Abbot, George in the Christian Cyclopedia
- ^ "Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p1: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
- ^ a b Magnus Magnusson, ed. (1990). Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Fifth ed.). Edinburgh: W & R Chambers Ltd. p. 2. ISBN 055016040X.
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1885). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 21–24.
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