historian of religion
John Spencer.
English clergyman and scholar, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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About John Spencer
John Spencer (1630–1693) was an English clergyman and scholar, and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An erudite theologian and Hebraist, he is best remembered as the author of De Legibus Hebraeorum, a pioneer work of comparative religion, in which he advanced the thesis that Judaism was not the earliest of mankind's religions.
Everything about John Spencer →- Occupation
- historian of religion, Anglican priest, theologian, Hebraist
- Position held
- Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Dean of Ely
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1630
- Died
- May 27, 1693