Richard Clarke or Clerke (died 1634) was an eminent scholar, translator and preacher in the
Anglican Church
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.
Clarke was educated at
Christ's College, Cambridge and was a Fellow there from 1583 to 1598. He was appointed Vicar of
Minster on 18 October 1597 and
Monkton in
Thanet. On 8 May 1602 he was appointed one of the
Six Preachers of
Canterbury Cathedral
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. He served in the
First Westminster Company that was charged with translating the first twelve books of the
King James Version of the Bible. A large folio volume of his sermons was published posthumously by Charles White, M.A., in London in 1637. His will included legacies to the Cathedral Library, to
Christ's Hospital and to the parish of Minster-in-Thanet.
[D. Ingram-Hill, ''The Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, 1541--1982''. anterbury1982. p. 39.]
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
Year of birth missing
16th-century births
1634 deaths
Translators of the King James Version
17th-century English translators
Fellows of Christ's College, Cambridge
People from Minster-in-Thanet
17th-century English Anglican priests
16th-century English clergy
16th-century Anglican theologians
17th-century Anglican theologians
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