Robert Abbot (bishop)

This article is about the bishop of Salisbury. For the bishop of Sherborne, see Robert Abbott (bishop).

Robert Abbot

Robert Abbot (1560 – 2 March 1618) was an Anglican bishop, academic and polemical writer. He served as Master of Balliol College, Oxford, Regius Professor of Divinity, and Bishop of Salisbury from 1615. Among his four younger brothers, George became Archbishop of Canterbury[1] and Maurice became Lord Mayor of London.

  1. ^ Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ISBN 0-550-18022-2, p. 2