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JOHN BUCKERIDGE (c. 1562-1631)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 720 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:BUCKERIDGE (c. 1562-1631)  , See also:English divine, was a son of See also:William See also:Buckeridge, and was educated at the See also:Merchant Taylors school and at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:Oxford . He became a See also:fellow of his college, and acted as See also:tutor to William See also:Laud, whose opinions were perhaps shaped by him . Leaving Oxford, Buckeridge held• several livings, and was highly esteemed by See also:King See also:James I., whose See also:chaplain he became . In 16o5 he was elected See also:president of St John's College, a position which he vacated on being made See also:bishop of See also:Rochester in 1611 . He was transferred to the bishopric of See also:Ely in 1628, and died on the 23rd of May 1631 . The bishop won some fame as a theologian and a controversialist . Among his intimate See also:friends was Bishop See also:Lancelot See also:Andrewes, whose " Ninety-one Sermons " were published by Laud and Buckeridge in 1629 .

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