See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:WHITTINGHAM (c. 1524-1579)
, See also:English See also:scholar, who belonged to a See also:Lancashire See also:family, was See also:born at See also:Chester
.
Educated at Brasenose See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, he became a See also:fellow of All Souls' College and a See also:senior student of See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church,. and later he visited several See also:universities in See also:France and See also:Germany
.
A strong See also:Protestant, he returned to See also:England in 1553, but soon found it expedient to travel again to France
.
In 1554 he was a leading member of the See also:band of English Protestant exiles who were assembled at See also:Frankfort-on-the-See also:Main, and in the controversies which took See also:place between them concerning' the See also:form of service to be adopted, See also:Whittingham strongly supported the Calvinistic views propounded by See also:John See also:Knox
.
These opinions, however, did not prevail, and soon the Scottish reformer and his follower were found at See also:Geneva; in 1559 Whittingham succeeded Knox as See also:minister of the English See also:congregation in that See also:city, and here he did his most noteworthy See also:work, that of making an English See also:translation of the See also:Bible
.
He was probably responsible for the English translation of the New Testament which appeared in 1557, and he had certainly a large See also:share in the translation of both the Old and the New Testaments which is called the Genevan or Breeches Bible
.
This was printed at Geneva in 156o and enjoyed a remarkable popularity (see BIBLE, ENGLISH)
.
He also made a metrical translation of some of the See also:Psalms
.
Having returned to England in 1560, Whittingham went to France in the See also:train of See also:Francis See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell, 2nd See also:earl of See also:Bedford, and a little later he acted as minister of the English See also:garrison at See also:Havre, being in this place during its See also:siege by the See also:French in 1562
.
In the following See also:year he was made See also:dean of See also:Durham
.
He attended well to the duties of his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, but his liking for puritan customs made
certain prelates and others look upon him with suspicion, and in 1 576 or 1577 a See also:commission was appointed to inquire into his conduct
.
This had no result, and another commission was appointed in 1578, one See also:charge against Whittingham being that he had not been duly ordained
.
The See also:case was still under See also:consideration when the dean died on the loth of See also:June 1579
.
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