Francis Burleigh, sometimes spelled Burghley, was born in London around 1552. He studied at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, then

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, and finally

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. "He graduated B.A. in 1583, proceeded M.A. in 1587 and B.D. in 1594. He eventually became doctor of divinity in 1607 shortly after he had commenced his work on the translation" (http://kingjamesbibletranslators.org/bios/Francis_Burley/). He was an English Vicar, appointed in 1590 to

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by Lancelot Andrewes. He was among Andrewes' "First Westminster Company", charged by

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with the translation of the first 12 books of the

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References

* McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Maranatha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 ) * Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins * http://kingjamesbibletranslators.org/bios/Francis_Burley/ * https://www.amazon.com/King-James-Bible-Translators-Opfell/dp/0899500412 Year of birth uncertain 1550s births 17th-century English Anglican priests Writers from London Translators of the King James Version Year of death unknown 17th-century English translators 16th-century English clergy Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub