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Robert WAKEFIELD
B.A. 1513/4 ;
M.A. 1518/9 (Incorp. from Louvain [ Belgium ]);
B.D. (Cambridge) 1525 .
Fellow of CLARE, 1516 .
Fellow of St John's, 1520 .
Incorp. at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1532 .
Studied at Paris [ France ] and Louvain [ Belgium ].
A learned Hebraist.
Professor of Hebrew at Louvain [ Belgium ], 1519, and at Tübingen [ Germany ], 1520-3 .
Returned to England .
Hebrew lecturer at Cambridge [ Cambridgeshire ], 1524, and at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1530 .
Chaplain to the King.
Canon of King's College, Oxford [ Oxfordshire ], 1532 .
Wrote in favour of Henry VIII's divorce, 1528 .
Author, treatises; the first in England to employ Hebrew and Arabic type.
Died in London , 08 Oct., 1537.
Will (P.C.C.) 1538 .
Brother of Thomas ( 1522-3 ).
( Cooper, I. 63; D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. )
Robert WAKEFIELD
Approx. lifespan: 1492–1537
B.A. 1513/4
M.A. 1518/9 (Incorp. from Louvain, [Belgium], );
B.D. (Cambridge) 1525
Fellow of Clare College 1516
Fellow of St John's College 1520
Incorp. at Oxford University 1532
Studied at Paris, [France], and Louvain, [Belgium],
A learned Hebraist.
Professor of Hebrew at Louvain, [Belgium], 1519 and at Tübingen [Germany], 1520-23
Returned to England ,
Hebrew lecturer at Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], 1524 and at Oxford, [Oxfordshire], 1530
Chaplain to the King.
Canon of 1532
Wrote in favour of Henry VIII's divorce 1528
Author, treatises; the first in England , to employ Hebrew and Arabic type.
Died in London , 1537:10:08
Will (P.C.C.) 1538
brother of Thomas WAKEFIELD (1522)
( Cooper I. 63; D.N.B. ; Al. Oxon. )

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