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| − | '''John Knox''' was a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation. He was born in 1513 and lived to be 59. In 1564 he married ''Margaret Stewart'' a distant relative of |
+ | '''John Knox''' was a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation. He was born in 1513 and lived to be 59. In 1564 he married ''Margaret Stewart'' a distant relative of [[History's Mary, Queen of Scots|Mary, Queen of Scots]]. |
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| − | John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 near Haddington, the county town of East Lothian. His father, ''William |
+ | John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 near Haddington, the county town of East Lothian. His father, ''William Knox'', was a merchant. His mother's maiden name was ''Sinclair'' and she died when John Knox was a child. Their eldest son, ''William'', carried on his father's business, which helped in Knox's international communications. |
Knox was probably educated at the grammar school in Haddington. In this time, the priesthood was the only path for those whose inclinations were academic rather than mercantile or agricultural. He proceeded to further studies at the University of ''St. Andrews'' or at the ''University of Glasgow''. He studied under ''John Major'', one of the greatest scholars of the time. |
Knox was probably educated at the grammar school in Haddington. In this time, the priesthood was the only path for those whose inclinations were academic rather than mercantile or agricultural. He proceeded to further studies at the University of ''St. Andrews'' or at the ''University of Glasgow''. He studied under ''John Major'', one of the greatest scholars of the time. |
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| Religion: | Protestant Reformation |
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| Portrays: | John Knox |
| Portrayed by: | Jonathan Goad |
John Knox was a Scottish clergyman, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation. He was born in 1513 and lived to be 59. In 1564 he married Margaret Stewart a distant relative of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Childhood
John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 near Haddington, the county town of East Lothian. His father, William Knox, was a merchant. His mother's maiden name was Sinclair and she died when John Knox was a child. Their eldest son, William, carried on his father's business, which helped in Knox's international communications.
Knox was probably educated at the grammar school in Haddington. In this time, the priesthood was the only path for those whose inclinations were academic rather than mercantile or agricultural. He proceeded to further studies at the University of St. Andrews or at the University of Glasgow. He studied under John Major, one of the greatest scholars of the time.
Knox first appears in public records as a priest and a notary in 1540. He was still serving in these capacities as late as 1543 when he described himself as a "minister of the sacred altar in the diocese of St. Andrews, notary by apostolic authority" in a notarial deed dated 27 March. Rather than taking up parochial duties in a parish, he became tutor to two sons of Hugh Douglas of Longniddry. He also taught the son of John Cockburn of Ormiston. Both of these lairds had embraced the new religious ideas of the Reformation.
Later in life
Notes
- Married twice. First to Margery Bowes then to Margaret Stewart.