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	'''William Dakins''' (died [[1607 AD\|1607]]) was an English academic and clergyman, [[Gresham Professor of Divinity]] and one of the translators of the ''[[King James Bible]]''.		'''William Dakins''' (died [[1607 AD\|1607]]) was an English academic and clergyman, [[Gresham Professor of Divinity]] and one of the translators of the ''[[King James Bible]]''.

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	He is conjectured ([[Thompson Cooper]] in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'') to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], whence he was elected in [[1586 AD\|1586]] to a scholarship at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he proceeded B.A. in [[1591 AD\|1591]]. He became a minor fellow of Trinity on 3 October [[1593 AD\|1593]], and a major fellow on 16 March [[1594 AD\|1594]]. In [[1594 AD\|1594]] he commenced M.A., and in [[1601 AD\|1601]] proceeded B.D.		He is conjectured ([[Thompson Cooper]] in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'') to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], whence he was elected in [[1586 AD\|1586]] to a scholarship at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he proceeded B.A. in [[1591 AD\|1591]]. He became a minor fellow of Trinity on 3 October [[1593 AD\|1593]], and a major fellow on 16 March [[1594 AD\|1594]]. In [[1594 AD\|1594]] he commenced M.A., and in [[1601 AD\|1601]] proceeded B.D.

-	He became [[Greek]] lecturer of his college (an annual office) on 2 October [[1602 AD\|1602]], and vicar of [[Trumpington, Cambridgeshire]], in [[1603 AD\|1603]]. On the resignation of [[Hugo Gray]] he was chosen to succeed him as professor of divinity in [[Gresham College]], London, on 14 July [[1604 AD\|1604]]. He was recommended by the vice-chancellor and several heads of colleges in Cambridge, but also by some of the nobility and even by [[King James I]] himself; [[Christopher Hill (historian)\|Christopher Hill]] comments that James was probably glad to have a "harmless academic" appointed, after the evangelical [[Anthony Wotton]] and Gray.<sup>[]</sup>	+	He became [[Greek]] lecturer of his college (an annual office) on 2 October [[1602 AD\|1602]], and vicar of [[Trumpington, Cambridgeshire]], in [[1603 AD\|1603]]. On the resignation of [[Hugo Gray]] he was chosen to succeed him as professor of divinity in [[Gresham College]], London, on 14 July [[1604 AD\|1604]]. He was recommended by the vice-chancellor and several heads of colleges in Cambridge, but also by some of the nobility and even by [[King James I of England\|King James I]] himself; [[Christopher Hill (historian)\|Christopher Hill]] comments that James was probably glad to have a "harmless academic" appointed, after the evangelical [[Anthony Wotton]] and Gray.<sup>[1]</sup>

	He was one of the learned men employed in the authorised translation of the Bible, a member of the Second Westminster Company, to which the [[epistles of St. Paul]] and the canonical epistles were assigned In [[1605 AD\|1605]] he resigned the vicarage of Trumpington, and on 2 October [[1606 AD\|1606]] became junior dean of Trinity College. He died in February [[1607 AD\|1607]].		He was one of the learned men employed in the authorised translation of the Bible, a member of the Second Westminster Company, to which the [[epistles of St. Paul]] and the canonical epistles were assigned In [[1605 AD\|1605]] he resigned the vicarage of Trumpington, and on 2 October [[1606 AD\|1606]] became junior dean of Trinity College. He died in February [[1607 AD\|1607]].

	==Notes==		==Notes==
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		+	* 1. [[Christopher Hill (historian)\|Christopher Hill]], Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution ([[1965 AD\|1965]]), p. 56.

	==References==		==References==
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		+	This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Dakins, William". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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		+	==Life==
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		+	He is conjectured ([[Thompson Cooper]] in the ''[[Dictionary of National Biography]]'') to have been the son of William Dakins, M.A., vicar of [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire]]. He was educated at [[Westminster School]], whence he was elected in [[1586 AD\|1586]] to a scholarship at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], where he proceeded B.A. in [[1591 AD\|1591]]. He became a minor fellow of Trinity on 3 October [[1593 AD\|1593]], and a major fellow on 16 March [[1594 AD\|1594]]. In [[1594 AD\|1594]] he commenced M.A., and in [[1601 AD\|1601]] proceeded B.D.
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		+	He became [[Greek]] lecturer of his college (an annual office) on 2 October [[1602 AD\|1602]], and vicar of [[Trumpington, Cambridgeshire]], in [[1603 AD\|1603]]. On the resignation of [[Hugo Gray]] he was chosen to succeed him as professor of divinity in [[Gresham College]], London, on 14 July [[1604 AD\|1604]]. He was recommended by the vice-chancellor and several heads of colleges in Cambridge, but also by some of the nobility and even by [[King James I]] himself; [[Christopher Hill (historian)\|Christopher Hill]] comments that James was probably glad to have a "harmless academic" appointed, after the evangelical [[Anthony Wotton]] and Gray.<sup>[]</sup>
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		+	He was one of the learned men employed in the authorised translation of the Bible, a member of the Second Westminster Company, to which the [[epistles of St. Paul]] and the canonical epistles were assigned In [[1605 AD\|1605]] he resigned the vicarage of Trumpington, and on 2 October [[1606 AD\|1606]] became junior dean of Trinity College. He died in February [[1607 AD\|1607]].
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