Lempriere's Universal Biography, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries (Classic Reprint) - Tapa dura

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Excerpt from Lempriere's Universal Biography, Vol. 2 of 2: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries

Hannmo, Thomas, an English divine, born at comb-martin, Devonshire, 1518. He was educated at Winchester and New college, Oxford, where he became fellow 1536. He was made Hebrew professor of the university by Henry VIII. And when chaplain to the duke of Sudolk, he was concerned in the education of his daughter the lady Jane Grey. From a protestant under Edward, he became a strong catholic undermary, and at the accession of Eliza beth, he lost his preferment and retired to Louvain, where he became, says Wood, the target of popery. He entered the lists of controversy with bishop Jewel, against whom, during 13 years, he wrote seven pieces in support of the catholic faith. He died about 1570.

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