William Whittingham

WHITTINGHAM, William. b. date unknown, ca. 1525-1530; d. Durham, 10 June 1579. Whittingham was the son of a Cheshire gentleman. He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford (BA 1545, MA 1547), becoming a Senior Student of Cardinal College (Christ Church) in 1547. During the reign of Mary Tudor, he was one of the most prominent of the Protestant exiles, first at Frankfurt-am-Main from 1554 and then at Geneva from 1555, where he was ordained, translated the New Testament, and helped with the English version of the Geneva Bible (1560). He contributed to The Forme of Prayers and Ministration of the Sacraments Approved by J. Calvyn (1556 and subsequently), containing the metrical psalms in...