Thomas Kingsmill
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Thomas Kingsmill was an English academic, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford from 1570.
as a demy, he graduated B.A. in 1559, M.A. in 1564, and supplicated for the B.D. degree in 1572. He was probationer fellow from 1559 to 1568, natural philosophy lecturer in 1563, Hebrew lecturer in 1565, and junior dean of arts in 1567. On 15 December 1565 he was appointed public orator, and on 2 November 1570 Regius Professor of Hebrew. He suffered from mental illness for a time, and was obliged to take on Richard Hooker
as a deputy in 1579.
Life
He was the seventh son of Sir John Kingsmill of Fribock, Hampshire. Entering Magdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College, Oxford
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as a demy, he graduated B.A. in 1559, M.A. in 1564, and supplicated for the B.D. degree in 1572. He was probationer fellow from 1559 to 1568, natural philosophy lecturer in 1563, Hebrew lecturer in 1565, and junior dean of arts in 1567. On 15 December 1565 he was appointed public orator, and on 2 November 1570 Regius Professor of Hebrew. He suffered from mental illness for a time, and was obliged to take on Richard Hooker
Richard Hooker
Richard Hooker was an Anglican priest and an influential theologian. Hooker's emphases on reason, tolerance and the value of tradition came to exert a lasting influence on the development of the Church of England...
as a deputy in 1579.
Works
He wrote:- 'A Complaint against Securitie in these perilous Times,' London, 1602.
- 'Classicum Poenitentiale (Tractatus de Scandalo, &c.),' 2 pts. Oxford, 1605.
- 'The Drunkards Warning: a Sermon,' London, 1631.