Samuel Collins (1576–1651) was an English clergyman and academic, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Provost of King's College, Cambridge .
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26-457: A constant correspondence with Sir Henry Wotton during his embassy at Venice, and Wotton presented to King's College a portrait of Paolo Sarpi . In 1628 the fellows of King's, in a petition to John Williams , the Bishop of Lincoln , charged the provost with bribery, simony, and other matters; but Williams found the charges groundless, and attributed the dissatisfaction to Collins's biting wit. At
39-624: A results of increasing anti-Arminian pressure. He then served in 1617 and 1618 as vice-chancellor of the university. Richardson was a skilled hebraist and he served in the "First Cambridge Company", charged by James I of England with the translation of the books of the Old Testament from the Books of Chronicles to Song of Songs (comprising most of the Ketuvim ) for the King James Version of
52-646: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Samuel Collins (theologian) He was the son of Baldwin Collins, fellow and vice-provost of Eton College . He was born at Eton on 5 August 1576, and studied for nine years in Eton School. In 1591 he was elected to a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1595–6, M.A. 1599, B.D. 1606. He became chaplain to Archbishop Richard Bancroft and to his successor, Archbishop George Abbot . Collins obtained
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78-551: The death of William Smith he was elected Provost of King's College in April 1615, and about the same time he was appointed one of the king's chaplains. On 22 October 1617 he was elected Regius Professor of Divinity, at Cambridge. To this chair James I annexed, as endowment, the rectory of Somersham in Huntingdonshire Collins is said to have lectured for 34 years, twice a week, constantly covering fresh material. He maintained
91-502: The living of Somersham was taken from it. Benjamin Whichcote who succeeded him as Provost found him a stipend. In 1646, on the death of Thomas Howell , Bishop of Bristol , the see was offered to Collins, but he declined it. He lived a retired life in a house in St. Radegund's Lane, opposite Jesus College, Cambridge . There he died on 16 September 1651, at the age of seventy-five. He was buried in
104-587: The rectory of Fen Ditton in Cambridgeshire , and held also the sinecure rectory of Milton in the same county. He was created D.D. at the Cambridge commencement, 3 March 1613, when he was selected by John Richardson (translator) , the Regius Professor of Divinity, to answer upon three questions in a divinity act held in St. Mary's Church before Charles, Prince of Wales , and Frederick V, Elector Palatine . On
117-473: The same grave with Robert Hacumblen , in King's College Chapel . A mural monument with a Latin inscription was erected there. He left several sons including John who was a scholar and MP. His works are: |} John Richardson (translator) John Richardson (born Linton , Cambridgeshire , c. 1564 – 1625) was a Biblical scholar and a Master of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1615 until his death. He
130-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Collins&oldid=1090558867 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
143-546: The time of the First English Civil War he was royalist, and in 1643 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester and other commissioners ejected him from the rectory of Fen Ditton. On 9 January 1645 he was deprived of the provostship of King's College by order of parliament, in a visitation of the university by the Earl of Manchester. It appears that he was allowed to retain the sinecure rectory of Milton, and his Regius chair, but
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#1732868632631156-522: Was appointed Master of Peterhouse before accepting in 1615 the same position at Trinity. Some notes of his Lectiones de Predestinatione are preserved in manuscript in Cambridge University Library (Gg. i. 29, pt. ii.). He and Richard Thomson were among the first of the Cambridge divines who maintained the doctrine Arminianism in opposition to the Calvinists . He resigned in 1617 as
169-411: Was born ‘of honest parentage’ at Linton, Cambridgeshire. John Richardson matriculated as a sizar from Clare College, Cambridge in 1578, where he graduated B.A. in 1581. He was afterwards elected to a fellowship at Emmanuel College . He proceeded M.A. in 1585, B.D. in 1592, and D.D. in 1597. In 1607 he was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity , in succession to Dr. John Overall . In 1609 he
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