William Dakins
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| - | William Dakins | + | '''William Dakins''' (died [[1607 AD|1607]]) was an English academic and clergyman, [[Gresham Professor of Divinity]] and one of the translators of the ''[[King James Bible]]''. |
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| + | He is conjectured ([[Thompson Cooper]] in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'') to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], whence he was elected in [[1586 AD|1586]] to a scholarship at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he proceeded B.A. in [[1591 AD|1591]]. He became a minor fellow of Trinity on 3 October [[1593 AD|1593]], and a major fellow on 16 March [[1594 AD|1594]]. In [[1594 AD|1594]] he commenced M.A., and in [[1601 AD|1601]] proceeded B.D. | ||
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| + | He became [[Greek]] lecturer of his college (an annual office) on 2 October [[1602 AD|1602]], and vicar of [[Trumpington, Cambridgeshire]], in [[1603 AD|1603]]. On the resignation of [[Hugo Gray]] he was chosen to succeed him as professor of divinity in [[Gresham College]], London, on 14 July [[1604 AD|1604]]. He was recommended by the vice-chancellor and several heads of colleges in Cambridge, but also by some of the nobility and even by [[King James I]] himself; [[Christopher Hill (historian)|Christopher Hill]] comments that James was probably glad to have a "harmless academic" appointed, after the evangelical [[Anthony Wotton]] and Gray.<sup>[]</sup> | ||
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| + | He was one of the learned men employed in the authorised translation of the Bible, a member of the Second Westminster Company, to which the [[epistles of St. Paul]] and the canonical epistles were assigned In [[1605 AD|1605]] he resigned the vicarage of Trumpington, and on 2 October [[1606 AD|1606]] became junior dean of Trinity College. He died in February [[1607 AD|1607]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:21, 31 March 2012
William Dakins (died 1607) was an English academic and clergyman, Gresham Professor of Divinity and one of the translators of the King James Bible.
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Life
He is conjectured (Thompson Cooper in the Dictionary of National Biography) to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of Ashwell, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Westminster School, whence he was elected in 1586 to a scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he proceeded B.A. in 1591. He became a minor fellow of Trinity on 3 October 1593, and a major fellow on 16 March 1594. In 1594 he commenced M.A., and in 1601 proceeded B.D.
He became Greek lecturer of his college (an annual office) on 2 October 1602, and vicar of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, in 1603. On the resignation of Hugo Gray he was chosen to succeed him as professor of divinity in Gresham College, London, on 14 July 1604. He was recommended by the vice-chancellor and several heads of colleges in Cambridge, but also by some of the nobility and even by King James I himself; Christopher Hill comments that James was probably glad to have a "harmless academic" appointed, after the evangelical Anthony Wotton and Gray.[]
He was one of the learned men employed in the authorised translation of the Bible, a member of the Second Westminster Company, to which the epistles of St. Paul and the canonical epistles were assigned In 1605 he resigned the vicarage of Trumpington, and on 2 October 1606 became junior dean of Trinity College. He died in February 1607.
