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THOMAS JACKSON (1579-1640)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 110 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:JACKSON (1579-1640)  , See also:president of Corpus Christi See also:College, See also:Oxford, and See also:dean of See also:Peterborough, was See also:born at Wittonle-See also:Wear, See also:Durham, and educated at Oxford . He became a probationer See also:fellow of Corpus in 16o6, and was soon afterwards elected See also:vice-president . In 1623 he was presented to the living of St See also:Nicholas, See also:Newcastle, and about 1625 to the living of Winston, Durham . Five years later he was appointed president of Corpus, and in 1632 the See also:king presented him to the living of See also:Witney, See also:Oxfordshire . He was made a See also:prebendary of See also:Winchester in 1635, and was dean of Peterborough in 1635–1639 . Although Originally a Calvinist, he became in later See also:life an Arminian . Creed, the first See also:complete edition being entitled The See also:Works of See also:Thomas See also:Jackson, D.D . (See also:London, 1673) . The commentaries were, however, originally published in 1613-1657, as twelve books with different titles, the first being The Eternal Truth of Scriptures (London, 1613) .

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