Name John Spenser | Role Actor | |
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Died December 16, 2005, Los Angeles, California, United States Parents Mildred Speshock, John Speshock, Sr. Education Professional Children's School, Fairleigh Dickinson University Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Movies and TV shows The West Wing, The Rock, The Negotiator, LA Law, Presumed Innocent Similar People Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Rob Lowe, Richard Schiff, Stockard Channing | ||
John Spenser (1559–1614) was an English academic, president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
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Life
He 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 Aveley, 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.
Works
After the death of his friend Richard Hooker he edited the first five books of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politie (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 also one of the translators of the Authorized Version of the Bible, serving on the New Testament committee.