Rowland Hill (MP)
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title:
Rowland Hill (MP)
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Sir Rowland Hill of Soulton, was the publisher of the Geneva Bible, thereby earning the title "The First Protestant Lord Mayor of London", having held that office in 1549. He was a statesman, polymath, merchant and patron of art and philanthropist active through the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He is associated with the recovery and development of Tudor English drama a generation before Shakespeare, and events that Hill was involved in may have shaped one or more Shak
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Publisher of the Geneva Bible and Tudor Statesman (c.1495–1561)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Hill_(MP)
date created:
2007-02-08T02:04:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T20:47:22Z
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