À Lasco [Laski], John (1499–1560), evangelical reformer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Religion; Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 3868 words.
À Lasco [Laski], John (1499–1560), evangelical reformer, was born in Lask, Poland, the second of three sons and brother to four daughters of Jarslov Laski (d. 1521?), voivode of Sieradz,...
Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654?, d. 1727), Church of Ireland dean of Killaloe
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 1413 words.
Abbadie, Jacques [James] (bap. 1654
Abbo of Fleury [St Abbo of Fleury] (945x50–1004), abbot of St Benoît-sur-Loire
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christianity. 1189 words.
Abbo of Fleury [St Abbo of Fleury] (945x50–1004), abbot of St Benoît-sur-Loire, was a French monk influential, by both his presence in England and his writings, in the monastic revival of...
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Philosophy; Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 1005 words.
Abbot, Francis Ellingwood (06 November 1836–23 October 1903), Unitarian clergyman and philosopher, was born in Boston, the son of Joseph Hale Abbot and Fanny Ellingwood Larcom. The senior...
Abbot, George (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 11714 words.
Abbot, George (1562–1633), archbishop of Canterbury, was born on 29 October 1562 in the parish of St Nicholas, Guildford, Surrey, the fourth of six sons of Maurice Abbot (1519/20–1606),...
Abbot, John (1587/8–c. 1650), Roman Catholic priest and poet
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Literary Studies (Poetry and Poets); Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church. 640 words.
Abbot, John (1587/8–c. 1650), Roman Catholic priest and poet, is of unknown parentage and is variously recorded as 'of London' and 'of Leicester'. He was born a protestant, and was...
Abbot, Robert (1559/60–1618), bishop of Salisbury
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 3674 words.
Abbot, Robert (1559/60–1618), bishop of Salisbury, was born at Guildford, Surrey, 'in a house now an ale-house bearing the sign of the three mariners, by the river side, near to the bridge,...
Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches; Religious Studies. 1078 words.
Abbot, Robert (fl. c. 1589–1652), Church of England clergyman and religious writer, was most probably the Robert Abbot who graduated BA from Peterhouse, Cambridge, in 1605 and...
Abbott, Eric Symes (1906–1983), dean of Westminster
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 931 words.
Abbott, Eric Symes (1906–1983), dean of Westminster, was born on 26 May 1906 at Nottingham, the younger son and second of three children of William Henry Abbott, schoolteacher, and his...
Abbott, Joseph (bap. 1790, d. 1862), Church of England clergyman
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Protestantism and Protestant Churches. 803 words.
Abbott, Joseph (bap. 1790, d. 1862), Church of England clergyman, the son of Joseph Abbott and his wife, Isabella, was baptized on 10 June 1790 at Little Strickland, Westmorland; his date...
