Richard Brett

Richard Brett

Richard Brett (1567—1637) was an English scholar and minister.

Born into the gentry in London, Brett attended Hart Hall, Oxford before being appointed Rector of Quainton in 1595. That same year, he was granted a Fellowship to Lincoln College under Richard Kilby, where he pursued his study of Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Arabic, Hebrew, and Ge'ez (Ethiopic) tongues.

During the translation of the King James Version of the Bible, Brett served in the "First Oxford Company", responsible for the later books of the Old Testament

His many scholarly publications were published in Latin. He died in Quainton, Buckinghamshire, and is buried in the chancel of Quainton Church, which he served for 43 years.

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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