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William Branthwaite
William Branthwaite D.D. (died 1619) was an English scholar and translator.
Branthwaite studied at Clare Hall, Cambridge and, in 1584 became a founding fellow of Emmanuel College under Laurence Chaderton. This position he retained until his subsequent selection as master. He was the first of eighteen members of his family to enter.[1] In 1607 he was appointed Master of Gonville and Caius by royal mandate.[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. He died, whilst Vice-chancellor, in January 1619.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Biographical history of Gonville and Caius college, 1349-1897: Vol. I, p. 196, Venn, Roberts and Gross (Cambridge 1897).
- 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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| Preceded by Thomas Legge | Master of Gonville and Caius College 1609-1619 | Succeeded by John Gostlin |