Archbishop Matthew Parker

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Archbishop Matthew Parker was a leading 16th-century English churchman and theologian who, as Elizabeth I’s first Archbishop of Canterbury, played a key role in shaping the doctrine and identity of the Anglican Church.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 16th-century Anglican divine
Archbishop of Canterbury
English theologian
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Doctor of Divinity
Master of Arts
appointedBy Elizabeth I of England
birthCountry Kingdom of England
birthDate 1504-08-06
birthPlace Norfolk
Norwich
burialPlace Lambeth Palace
citizenship Kingdom of England
collectionHeldAt Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
deathCountry Kingdom of England
deathDate 1575-05-17
deathPlace Lambeth Palace
London, England
surface form: "London"
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
University of Cambridge NERFINISHED
endTime 1575
era English Reformation Parliament era
surface form: "English Reformation"
familyName Parker
fullName Matthew Parker
givenName Matthew
heldPosition Chaplain to Anne Boleyn
Chaplain to Elizabeth I of England
Chaplain to Henry VIII of England
Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
knownFor collecting Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
defining doctrine of the Church of England
moderate Protestant theology
promoting study of Old English
shaping Elizabethan religious settlement
languageOfWorkOrName English
Latin
maritalStatus married
monarchDuringOffice Elizabeth I of England
notableWork De antiquitate Britannicae ecclesiae
Bishops' Bible
surface form: "Parker Bible (Bishops’ Bible revision work)"
occupation clergyman
theologian
university administrator
ordinalInOffice 70th Archbishop of Canterbury
patronOf scholarship at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: "Anglicanism"

Church of England
spouse Margaret Harlestone
startTime 1559
theologicalOrientation Reformed
via media Anglicanism

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Parker Library manuscript collection associatedWith Archbishop Matthew Parker
this entity surface form: "Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker"
Bishops' Bible compiledBy Archbishop Matthew Parker
this entity surface form: "Matthew Parker"
Thirty-Nine Articles compiledUnder Archbishop Matthew Parker
Bishops' Bible editor Archbishop Matthew Parker
this entity surface form: "Matthew Parker"
High Commission notableMember Archbishop Matthew Parker
this entity surface form: "Matthew Parker"