Richard Thomson

Richard Thomson

Richard Thomson, sometimes spelled Thompson, was a Dutch-born English theologian and translator. He was Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge and the translator of Martial's epigrams and among the "First Westminster Company" charged by James I of England with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible. He was also known for his intemperance and his doctrinal belief in Arminianism.

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 Marantha 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


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