John Christopherson
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John Christopherson (d. 1558) was Chaplain and confessor to Queen Mary I of England, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1553-1558), Dean of Norwich (1554-1557) and Bishop of Chichester (1557-1558) - all during the reign of Queen Mary (1553-1558).
In 1555, he was one of accusers of William Wolsey.
He was a member of a commission under direction from Stephen Gardiner to reintroduce Catholicism to the University of Cambridge.
He died in 1558, after Queen Mary, although the exact date is not known.
He is particularly known for writing a tragedy on Jephthah (based on Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis), which is noteworthy for being the only Tudor play written in Greek. (The Scotsman George Buchanan wrote one in Latin on the same theme.)
[edit] References
- The Master of Trinity at Trinity College, Cambridge
- http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/foxe/commentary/book11/personids/person11-219.html
- On the literary milieu of Christopherson's time (a list)
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Master of Trinity College, Cambridge 1553–1558 |
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