John Spenser
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'''John Spenser''' ([[1559 AD|1559]] - [[1614 AD|1614]]), president of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School, London]], and Oxford. | '''John Spenser''' ([[1559 AD|1559]] - [[1614 AD|1614]]), president of [[Corpus Christi College, Oxford]], was educated at [[Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood|Merchant Taylors' School, London]], and Oxford. | ||
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John Spenser (1559 - 1614), president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, and Oxford.
After graduating he became Greek reader in Corpus Christi College, and held that office for ten years, resigning in 1588. He then left Oxford and held successively the livings of Alveley, Essex (1589-1592), Ardleigh, Essex (1592-1594), Faversham, Kent (1594-1599), and St Sepulchre-without-Newgate London (1599-1614). He was also presented to the living of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, in 1592.
In 1607 he was appointed president of Corpus Christi College. After the death of his friend Richard Hooker he edited the first five books of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politic (London, 1604). The introduction to that work and A Sermon at Paule's Crosse on Esay V., 2, 3 (London, 1615) are his only published writings. He was, however; one of the translators of the authorized version of the Bible, serving on the New Testament committee.
