John Richardson (born Linton,

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, c. 1564 – 1625) was a Biblical scholar and a Master of

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from 1615 until his death.

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He was born ‘of honest parentage’ at Linton, Cambridgeshire. John Richardson matriculated as a sizar from

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in 1578, where he graduated B.A. in 1581. He was afterwards elected to a fellowship at Emmanuel College. He proceeded M.A. in 1585, B.D. in 1592, and D.D. in 1597. In 1607 he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, in succession to Dr. John Overall. In 1609 he was appointed Master of Peterhouse before accepting in 1615 the same position at Trinity. Some notes of his ''Lectiones de Predestinatione'' are preserved in manuscript in Cambridge University Library (Gg. i. 29, pt. ii.). He and Richard Thomson were among the first of the Cambridge divines who maintained the doctrine Arminianism in opposition to the Calvinists. He resigned in 1617 as a results of increasing anti-Arminian pressure. He then served in 1617 and 1618 as vice-chancellor of the university. Richardson was a skilled hebraist and he served in the "First Cambridge Company", charged by

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with the translation of the books of the

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from the ''

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'' to ''

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'' (comprising most of the

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) for the King James Version of the Bible. At his death, Richardson left a bequest of £100 to Peterhouse.

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