Richard Kilby

Richard Kilby (Kilbye) (1560–1620) was an English scholar and priest.

Life

He was born in Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake, Leicestershire. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford on 20 December 1577, and was elected fellow on 18 January 1578. He was admitted B.A. on 9 December 1578, M.A. in 1582, B.D. and D.D. in 1596. On 10 December 1590, he was elected rector of Lincoln College. He was appointed Regius Professor of Hebrew in 1610, and served in the "First Oxford Company" charged by James I of England with translating the latter part of the Old Testament for the King James Version of the Bible.^[1]

Works

He published a funeral sermon on Thomas Holland, in 1613, and also a volume of commentary on the Book of Exodus, drawn from earlier Hebrew rabbinical studies. His continuation of John Mercer's commentary on Genesis was submitted for approval (1598), but he was not allowed to print it.^[1]

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 ISBN 0-06-095975-4

Notes

^ ^a ^b s:Kilbye, Richard (DNB00)

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Kilbye, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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Preceded by John Underhill	Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford 1590–1620	Succeeded by Paul Hood

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v t e Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford
William Chamberleyn, 1429–34 John Beke, 1434–61 John Tristropp, 1461–79 George Strangways, 1480–8 William Bethome, 1488–93 Thomas Bank, 1493–1503 Thomas Drax, 1503–19 John Cottisford, 1519–39 Hugh Weston, 1539–56 Christopher Hargreaves, 1556–8 Henry Henshaw, 1558–60 Francis Babington, 1560–3 John Bridgewater, 1563–74 John Tatham, 1574–6 John Underhill, 1577–90 Richard Kilby, 1590–1620 Paul Hood, 1621–68 Nathaniel Crew, 1668–72 Thomas Marshall, 1672–85 Fitzherbert Adams, 1685–1719 John Morley, 1719–31 Euseby Isham, 1731–55 Richard Hutchins, 1755–81 Charles Mortimer, 1781–4 John Horner, 1784–92 Edward Tatham, 1792–1834 John Radford, 1834–51 James Thompson, 1851–60 Mark Pattison, 1861–84 William Walter Merry, 1884–1918 John Arthur Ruskin Munro, 1919–44 Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1944– Walter Fraser Oakeshott, 1953-72 Burke Trend, 1973-83 Vivian Hubert Howard Green, 1983-87 Maurice Shock, 1987-94 Eric Anderson, 1994-2000 Paul Langford, 2000-12 Henry Woudhuysen, 2012

Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford

William Chamberleyn, 1429–34
John Beke, 1434–61
John Tristropp, 1461–79
George Strangways, 1480–8
William Bethome, 1488–93
Thomas Bank, 1493–1503
Thomas Drax, 1503–19
John Cottisford, 1519–39
Hugh Weston, 1539–56
Christopher Hargreaves, 1556–8
Henry Henshaw, 1558–60
Francis Babington, 1560–3
John Bridgewater, 1563–74
John Tatham, 1574–6
John Underhill, 1577–90
Richard Kilby, 1590–1620
Paul Hood, 1621–68
Nathaniel Crew, 1668–72
Thomas Marshall, 1672–85
Fitzherbert Adams, 1685–1719
John Morley, 1719–31
Euseby Isham, 1731–55
Richard Hutchins, 1755–81
Charles Mortimer, 1781–4
John Horner, 1784–92
Edward Tatham, 1792–1834
John Radford, 1834–51
James Thompson, 1851–60
Mark Pattison, 1861–84
William Walter Merry, 1884–1918
John Arthur Ruskin Munro, 1919–44
Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1944–
Walter Fraser Oakeshott, 1953-72
Burke Trend, 1973-83
Vivian Hubert Howard Green, 1983-87
Maurice Shock, 1987-94
Eric Anderson, 1994-2000
Paul Langford, 2000-12
Henry Woudhuysen, 2012

v t e Regius Professors of Hebrew
University of Oxford	Thomas Harding Richard Bruerne Thomas Neale Thomas Kingsmill John Harding William Thorne Richard Kilby Edward Meetkerke John Morris Edward Pococke Roger Altham Thomas Hyde Robert Clavering Thomas Hunt Richard Brown George Jubb Benjamin Blayney Joseph White Richard Laurence Alexander Nicoll Edward Bouverie Pusey Samuel Rolles Driver G. A. Cooke Godfrey Rolles Driver Herbert Danby Cuthbert Aikman Simpson Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver William Duff McHardy James Barr Hugh G. M. Williamson Jan Joosten
University of Cambridge	Thomas Wakefeld Paul Fagius Immanuel Tremellius Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier Philippe Bignon Edward Lively Robert Spaldinge Geoffrey Kynge Andrew Byng Robert Metcalfe Ralph Cudworth Wolfram Stubbe James Talbot Henry Sike Philip Bouquett Thomas Harrison Charles Torriano William Disney William Collier John Porter Henry Lloyd Samuel Lee William Hodge Mill Thomas Jarrett Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick Robert Hatch Kennett Stanley Arthur Cook David Winton Thomas John Adney Emerton Robert P. Gordon Geoffrey Khan

Regius Professors of Hebrew

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