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VENN: Matric. sizar from TRINITY, Lent, 1578-9. B. c. 1561, ;Haslingburgensis.; Nephew of Thomas (above). Scholar, 1584; B.A. 1584-5; M.A. 1588. R. of St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate St, 1601-32. One of the translators of the Bible, 1604. V. of Tottenham High Cross, 1607-32. Besides being a learned Orientalist, ;the father of Arabic studies in England,; he was an excellent mathematician. He left his Arabic type to the University. Author, Oriental, mathematical, etc. Died May 5, 1632. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. at Tottenham. Will, Consist. C. London. (D.N.B.).
SEE OXFORD DNB: Bedwell, William (bap. 1563, d. 1632), Arabist and mathematician.