Matthew Parker

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Life

Born: 6 August 1504, Norwich, England

Died: 17 May 1575

Biography Matthew Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with Thomas Cranmer and Richard Hooker) of a distinctive tradition of Anglican theological thought. He wrote a Psalter in 1567, with nine psalms set to music by Thomas Tallis.

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Publications

  • Parker, Matthew. 1567. The Whole Psalter Translated Into English Metre, Which Contayneth an Hundred and Fifty Psalmes. London, John Daye. 546 pp.]

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